Pr is supposed to educate the world what wikipedia is all about. On Monday, October 28, 2013, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi, > > The best response to complaints and criticism is for the people that > complain and criticise to be invited to be part of the solution. SOFIXIT is > the mantra that brought us a lot of good. YES, I find it important that > people are aware of the things that are dear to me. I blog about them and I > do not only blog about them. I do what I can to make a difference. I edit > in Wikidata on subjects that are relevant and do not get the attention they > deserve. I do invite people to work on fixes for templates that need fixing > in a Wikipedia and I do showcase why the Occitan Wikipedia is at the > forefront of getting our information out. > > PR is important and makes a difference, people need to see that work is > done. People need to see that things progress. And really JJ you can make a > difference too when you know so well what work needs to be done. When you > think there is nothing that you can do, I am sure we can find something for > you that makes a difference in the things you care for. First thing is for > you to know what you care for and how much you want to involve yourself. > Thanks, > GerardM > > > On 28 October 2013 16:43, John Jackson <strangetrut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>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 <lebo.bel...@gmail.com> 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" < > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > > > > 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 <lebo.bel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > What about PR? What have been done in this regard? > > > > > > > > > > > > Amqui > > > > > > On Oct 25, 2013 8:44 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" < > > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > 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 < > liberal...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > 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 pr -- *AKHIL MULGAONKER * _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
