The best response to complaints and criticism is PR is it? How about correcting the faults people have gone to the trouble of identifying for you, instead of trying to disguise them?
JJ On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>wrote: > Hoi, > > I mentioned three things ... When you are interested in if the Wikipedia > gets mentioned in the news.. look at the BBC again and look at what it has > to say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/news/?q=wikipedia I am not > complaining. > > I even go a step further, I mention the things that I think are positive > regularly on my blog. If anything there is so much that people can do that > will have a positive impact. At that I tend to move away from negative > encounters. Typically they are not worth it. > Thanks, > GerardM > > > On 25 October 2013 18:51, JP Béland <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is about Wikipedia Zero in particular, but what has been done by > WMF's > > PR section about Wikipedia in general and its image with the general > > public? > > > > Amqui > > On Oct 25, 2013 10:36 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hoi, > > > > > > This is what the BBC has to say ... today... > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24662267 > > > Gerard > > > > > > > > > On 25 October 2013 18:04, JP Béland <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > What about PR? What have been done in this regard? > > > > > > > > Amqui > > > > On Oct 25, 2013 8:44 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" < > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hoi, > > > > > > > > > > Sadly there are some naysayers .... there are also people who see > > > things > > > > > improve. > > > > > > > > > > Notable improvements happen here: > > > > > > > > > > - visual editor > > > > > - wikipedia zero > > > > > - wikidata > > > > > > > > > > In my opinion they have the potential to change our way of work and > > our > > > > > reach. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > GerardM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 25 October 2013 16:32, Akhil Mulgaonker <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is a message to all Wikipedia and Wikimedia corporation > > > personnel, > > > > > > Wikipedia is declining. We need to do something to rejuvenate our > > > > > project. > > > > > > We need to remember our goal, to create a library of all human > > > > knowledge > > > > > > and progress. Peoples view of the project is negative. Wikipedia > > has > > > > > become > > > > > > the butt of many jokes. We need to refocus. We need to have a > > massive > > > > PR > > > > > > maneuver to change the public view of us. We need to put aside > > > > opinions, > > > > > > beliefs, political, and language barriers and come together to > > > achieve > > > > > our > > > > > > goal. This will lower vandalism. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Tanji Akter < > > > [email protected] > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Wikipedia-l mailing list > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > *AKHIL MULGAONKER * > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
