At least in my opinion, this is hardly actionable. Besides, whoever made
that image doesn't understand the concept of verifiability.

- Chris

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Esteffect (Wikipedia e-mail) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Up until very recently, Wikipedia has had a Facebook fan page, with a large
> number (at least five-figure) number of fans. This page, however, has
> disappeared. Does anyone know why this is?
>
> I'm unsure if the fan page was official (or rather, ran by a prominent
> member of the community), but its deletion has left us with a number of far
> smaller pages, the largest of which has 5,961 fans. The alarming thing
> about
> this page, however, is that it is hardly flattering to Wikipedia when it is
> bore in mind that the display image is as follows:
>
> http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/1533/67/l44712023245_41.jpg
> (A motivational image stating "Wikipedia: The truth is now editable").
>
> I thought I would raise it as a point here, as it may be something to
> contact Facebook about, simply because it does not shed Wikipedia - and our
> work - in the best light with such an image being seen by anyone who types
> "Wikipedia" into the Facebook search box.
>
> It may also be an idea to set up some sort of stable and official page.
> _______________________________________________
> Wikipedia-l mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
>
_______________________________________________
Wikipedia-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l

Reply via email to