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> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Using WMF employee accounts and employee
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> accounts in the same community discussions
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> A very, very small improvement to be sure. I thi
Please try to avoid turning legitimate questions for the WMF into
parodies. The WMF is not evil, nor have emails in this thread made
anything like that type of ridiculous allegation.
This topic is in-scope for Wikimedia-l as defined by "Organizational
issues of the Wikimedia Foundation, chapter
A very, very small improvement to be sure. I think the guy in question gets
at it when he says that he was no longer using paid time to contribute to
the discussion.
Mods, do you intentionally let the list be used as a platform for this
constant flow of "omg the wmf is evil"? I seems
They have been repeatedly asked to stick to one account and refused to
do so. I suggest you read the other contributions from the account(s)
on the same page.
Having an improved sockpuppeting policy would clear up any future
confusion by WMF employees or those that happen to interact with their
Oh please. It might be a bit confusing, but there's no huge issue here. You
could have just asked the person to remain on one account, rather than
accuse him of sockpuppetry and ask an admin to block him if it continues.
I'd call that a rule of basic interaction in an online setting - be
curtious.
Could someone with an appropriate level of managerial authority within
the WMF, such as an HR manager, confirm that staff accounts, which are
supposed to be identified with "(WMF)", are intended to be used for an
employee's job or contract role, rather than for personal editing and
publishing
