https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T250508
On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 09:53, Chris Gates via Wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > It seems that they just gave a link to that website, which...eh... > When I opened it, I heard one sentence of the stream before I stopped it > and read the rest of the webpage: "and then we give thanks to spirit, for > the air we breathe, for the earth..." After reading the rest of the > webpage, I un-paused it, and am currently listening to a bit of propaganda > promoting unions and more extensive labor laws. > > The linked website is explicitly political, explicitly on the American > left, and explicitly in favor of certain highly contentious American > political proposals. I would like to hear the reasoning for why that link > has been shown, and it seems to me simply unjustifiable. The WMF is the > host of a series of community-built projects, not a political activism > organization. > > Regards, > Vermont > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 5:12 PM Ziko van Dijk <zvand...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I can confirm that I see the same also here in the Netherlands. Which is > > strange, there are no general elections here before 2021... > > An explanation about this link would be interesting. > > Kind regards > > Ziko > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am Mi., 22. Apr. 2020 um 22:50 Uhr schrieb Yair Rand <yyairr...@gmail.com > > >: > > > > > The WMF corporate site (wikimediafoundation.org) currently has a > > > full-page ad with the text "We are watching Earth Day Live today. Will > > > you?". This links to an external site with the text "Click here to sign > > on > > > to the US Youth Climate Strike Coalition Earth Day Demands - From > > congress > > > and the next president, we demand a People’s Bailout, a Green New Deal, > > and > > > Land Back for Indigenous Peoples", and prompting readers to "Pledge to > > vote > > > for our future" and to subscribe to "US Climate Strike". > > > > > > Everyone here already knows how unacceptable this is, and why, so I don't > > > think this requires any further explanation. The WMF should immediately > > > take this down, and make certain that this kind of thing can't happen > > > again. They've failed yet again at preventing inappropriate > > > political activism in WMF's communications, and must take serious action > > to > > > fix this constant stream of terrible failures. > > > > > > -- Yair Rand > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
