Hoi, There were Wikipedias closed in the past before the recent issue at the Croation Wikipedia because of content, language. It is not only recent, it is more pronounced but not a shift Thanks, GerardM
On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 19:00, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, that was the difference I was referring to. (I wasn't really > thinking of content found libellous in court, child pornography etc.) > > What is new is that the WMF is expressing an interest in the actual > integrity of the *encyclopedic* content, hiring staff to address > "misleading content", "disinformation", etc., rather than restricting > itself to deletions required by law. > > The WMF's recent action concerning the Croatian Wikipedia surely is an > example of this shift. The WMF had the means – but not the will – to do > what it has done now, ten years ago. > > In a similar way, I understand that content added by ISIS sympathisers is > a problem in the Arabic and Farsi Wikipedia versions that the WMF is now > trying to address. > > Andreas > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 1:31 PM Mike Godwin <mnemo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Andreas Kolbe writes: >> >> >>> It's worth noting that Yumiko's article (now also on fastcompany.com) >>> quotes the WMF as saying it "does *not often* get involved in issues >>> related to the creation and maintenance of content on the site." >>> >>> That "not often" actually indicates a little publicised but significant >>> departure from past practice when the WMF would disclaim all >>> responsibility >>> for content .... >>> >> >> WMF did not "disclaim all responsibility for content." Instead, WMF >> disclaimed primary responsibility for content, and still does. When WMF was >> understaffed, as it typically was during Wikipedia's first decade, we made >> a point of steering certain complaints and legal demands to the editor >> community as a default choice. The policy reasons for this choice were >> straightforward. But WMF directly intervened on a number of occasions, >> typically as required by law. >> >> Mike Godwin >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BBWU34FH2E24KBY7T7CUCULCIJJLHNSH/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/KOJL545IE3GD35VFMFROIWJNX6ZFRLVS/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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