-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Down wrote: > Ipatrol has just came on IRC claiming that he has been told that > the WMF is hiring people to "validate" articles, and that the > foundation is doing it in secret by using thousands of IPs and > academics. He claims that the WMF has contracted colleges all > across the US have been recruiting academics to "validate" > articles, and states that admins are involved in this 'cabal', or > whatever. IRC is hardly a credible medium, and individuals frequently show up on various channels and make up things for whatever reason. "Trolling" is but one name for it. I suggest if it happens again, you look for one of the channel contacts and get more information. For example, a list of people with access to the #wikimedia channel can be found by typing:
/msg ChanServ access #wikimedia list Admittedly, if you're a conspiracy theorist, it's reasonable to assume that whoever responds is part of the conspiracy... Cary -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJrXt6yQg4JSymDYkRAsy0AJ95D01M+KT78Ur5ildHJj8u3ErxpACgxQXU ZEpVC8PPhDpfeWbnMzWxGyA= =TzEi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
