Was there any response to the Mail's article blaming us for suicides? It says they contact Wikipedia, presumably the WMF. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5271837/Wikipedia-accused-hosting-irresponsible-suicide-guide.html
On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid < [email protected]> wrote: > Good idea for a blog post - both in the light of the Russian trolls > 'story' and yesterday's coverage of the Grant Shapps report into online > suicide prevention (which was in the Independent and others but with a > particular Wikipedia angle in the Mail story)... > > On 17 January 2018 at 14:45, John Lubbock <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am always looking for people to write blogposts. Perhaps a few people >> could crowdsource a blogpost about how Wikipedia does quality control, >> listing various ways like human peer review, edit filters, bots, etc... >> I'm sure some of you will know how this is done better than I do. >> >> Here - I've started an open Googledoc >> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E5EfSV-qoiiA20lWuK_QKhn8qijiUBe5ZNmQCZyKqbk/edit?usp=sharing>. >> Anyone is free to contribute. >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Virus-free. >> www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> <#m_-8485631873690636264_m_-8636929772461878280_m_2002940969239252742_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> >> John Lubbock >> >> Communications Coordinator >> >> Wikimedia UK >> >> +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> >> >> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, >> Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The >> Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate >> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent >> non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility >> for its contents.* >> >> On 17 January 2018 at 13:45, Charles Matthews < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 17 January 2018 at 13:24 Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Would it be worth Wikimedia UK's while to put out a blog post talking >>> about quality control processes (ad-hoc as they are) on Wikipedia? Not so >>> much as a direct reply - both because these articles look like they're >>> just filling empty column inches, and because we obviously can't prove a >>> negative (that "Russian trolls" *aren't* running amok on political >>> articles). Rather as a timely reminder of what Wikipedia is about and how >>> the 'wisdom of the crowd' makes it quite difficult to grossly distort its >>> content. I could say something about what admins do, though there I'm sure >>> there are people who spend more time on politicians' biographies than I do. >>> >>> As you say, proving the negative is out of reach. >>> >>> I would say, take the lesson of https://en.wikipedia.org/wi >>> ki/Poisoning_the_well to heart. Along with straightforward lying, >>> selective quotation, guilt by association, and the reporting of rumour as >>> truth, there is a lot of it about these days. >>> >>> I'm glad to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie has had some >>> recent attention, while we're on the topic of propaganda techniques >>> everybody should know about. >>> >>> Charles >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0762 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The > Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Doug Weller http://www.ramtops.co.uk
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