The answer is "well yes, a lot of those are under the same consideration, sources that are even worse tend not to be disputed as to being obviously not good."
On 9 February 2017 at 15:57, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > And NB that none of the 12,000 links to the Mail from Wikipedia have been > removed yet by the "ban", and they will be reviewed and possibly replaced > one-by-one, just like we review every other contribution..... (If the "ban" > in fact remains in force - I have a suspicion the RfC won't be the last > word on the subject!) > > Which leaves the question of "why blacklist the Daily Mail not even worse > sources?" If anyone can suggest an answer to that which would keep a journo > happy I'd be interested to hear it .... ;) > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:47 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> compare - >> * not right-wing-ness - e.g. the Times and Telegraph are both serious >> papers that lean right >> * in fact - The Sun is not OK and the Times is, even though same politics >> and same publisher, because one's a tabloid and one's a serious paper >> * memorise the long lists of egregious falsehoods brought up in the RFC, >> recite in a calm voice while smiling >> >> On 9 February 2017 at 15:45, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That is literally what the task is, yes :-) >>> >>> On 9 February 2017 at 15:41, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hmmm, trying to turn an interview from "zomg! Wikipedia bans the Mail!" >>>> round to "actually this is all normal and we have some really interesting >>>> community preferences" sounds.... tricky. ;) >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 1:51 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Usual line is "editorial decision, I'll forward your details to some >>>>> editors" then email here ;-D >>>>> >>>>> sooooo er, editors? >>>>> >>>>> On 9 February 2017 at 13:45, Lucy Crompton-Reid >>>>> <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >>>>> > Hi all >>>>> > >>>>> > Thanks very much for flagging this David. I think it would be great >>>>> if >>>>> > someone could talk about this from an editor's perspective - in >>>>> particular >>>>> > the process of consensus building within the Wikipedia community, as >>>>> it's >>>>> > clear many people working in the media don't understand this. If >>>>> someone >>>>> > does respond to you directly, please could you let me know? >>>>> > >>>>> > The office has had a flood of emails and phone calls which we've been >>>>> > fielding as best as we can. I'm hoping that when San Francisco wakes >>>>> up and >>>>> > comes online they will send me their statement on the issue, which >>>>> would >>>>> > help to deal with enquiries. >>>>> > >>>>> > All best >>>>> > Lucy >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On 9 February 2017 at 13:38, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >> BBC Newsnight want a Wikipedia editor who can talk about this, for >>>>> >> tonight. I can't, can anyone else? 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