Hi Kezia, people who selected to join the mailing list whilst filling out the survey on Wikipedia were added to the mailing list. I have asked Theresa to look into why the mail opt-out system does not seem to be working.
Thanks, Douglas. On 2 November 2015 at 14:31, kezia.lilenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Douglas > > I already did that. I have been re added by someone on your side. Very > irritating. I have no idea why I'm even getting these emails - I answered > a survey once and now I'm sent random emails that have nothing to do with > me. > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Douglas Scott <[email protected]> > Date: 11/02/2015 12:22 (GMT+00:00) > To: Theresa Hume <[email protected]> > Cc: wikimediaza <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] English Wikipedia: Five Million Articles > > Hi Edward, > > If you, or anyone else, wishes to be removed from the mailing list you may > do so at the link here: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > It is not our policy, as an organisation run by volunteers, to remove > people from the mailing list nor add people to the mailing list unless they > have explicitly stated that they wish to be added. > > Thanks, > > Douglas. > > > > On 2 November 2015 at 14:16, Edward Bennett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear *Douglas Scott*. > > > > I have requested to be removed from the mailing list. > > > > Please action ASAP. > > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Douglas Scott < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > Below is a short blurb I have written and put on the Wikimedia ZA > website > > > about the five millionth article on Wikipedia that was created today. > I > > > want to share it with all of you before I share it with the media > > tomorrow > > > morning. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments (or > > > improvements) about it. There are links to the sources where I got the > > > figures mentioned in the statement on the version on the Wikimedia ZA > > > website <http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/Main_Page>. As you will be able > > to > > > tell a large focus of the statement is to call for more South Africans > to > > > get involved in editing Wikipedia. > > > > > > Apologies for the short notice on this, I only saw the message about > the > > 5 > > > millionth article creation a few hours ago. > > > > > > --- > > > > > > *English Wikipedia: five million articles* > > > > > > Today, 1 November 2015, the 5 millionth article was created on English > > > language Wikipedia about Persoonia terminalis -an Australian shrub- by > > long > > > time Wikipedia editor Cas Liber. For more information about this > > momentous > > > event in the Wikipedia community see the press statement by the > Wikimedia > > > Foundation at the link here. > > > > > > The 5,000,000 articles on English language Wikipedia would not have > been > > > possible without the 126,672 active editors and 1,329 administrators > who > > > have collectively made over 790,000,000 edits on the wiki. Currently > > > Wikipedia is the 7th most popular website on the internet with only > > Google, > > > Facebook, YouTube, Baidu (a Chinese search engine), Yahoo, and Amazon > > > beating the online encyclopaedia in the rankings. According to Wiki > > Project > > > South Africa there are just over 20,000 articles on English language > > > Wikipedia about the country. Afrikaans language Wikipedia currently has > > > 37,534 articles with 163 active editors and 11 administrators. Other > > South > > > African language Wikipedia's are much smaller and in great need of an > > > active editing community with languages such as North Sotho (2,687 > > > articles), Sesotho (292 articles), Zulu (696 articles), Xhosa (417 > > > articles), Venda (186 articles), and Tsonga (281 articles) having a > > > Wikipedia in their respective languages. We would like to encourage all > > > South Africans to contribute more to Wikipedia by editing articles, > > > especially if they are in one of the less active language Wikipedias or > > > about South African content or African content generally. There is a > need > > > for more editors from South Africa to help add content to Wikipedia. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Douglas. > > > > > > -- > > > Douglas Ian Scott > > > 司道格 > > > Skype: douglas0scott > > > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > > > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza
