> He said Wikipedia should not allow such words and descriptions to be
added without an editing process.

Eish.

This will certainly have no effect on Wikipedia itself, but I like your
idea of using the mild fuss as an opportunity to teach the greater public
about our efforts.

On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, 17:44 Ian Gilfillan, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi
> This article is one of the many locally that misunderstands how
> Wikipedia works:
>
> http://www.politicsweb.co.za/news-and-analysis/carl-niehaus-called-an-embarrassment-to-the-human-
>
> It would be good as WikimediaZA to respond to these kind of things.
>
> Unfortunately I'm off very shortly and will have no internet access for
> about a week, but perhaps we can work on a template and rapid
> response/press release for these kind of situations in future. Ideally
> it should
> - explain how Wikipedia works
> - mention Wikimedia ZA
> - mention that Wikipedia exists in languages besides English
>
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