Carry on. Asume good faith.
Edit the Wikipedia. Controbute as you can. Avoid pov. Erlend bjørtvedt Oslo Den torsdag 17. april 2014 skrev Zack Exley <zex...@wikimedia.org> følgende: > I haven't read this thread, but I'll explain my editing history as > Wikitedium: > > First of all, I listed my user name as soon as I started at Wikipedia. It's > still listed here on my (out of date) staff/contractor page: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zackexley > > I did start an article about myself a long time ago. I didn't know there > was a policy against it. I wasn't an active editor and knew virtually no > policies. I created the article because right wing media personalities were > doing hit pieces on me and the Republican party was sending out emails > asking people to write letters to the editor about me featuring lots of > false facts. So I saw Wikipedia as an open encyclopedia "that anyone can > edit" where I could set the record straight. Later I learned it was against > policy and FELT REALLY BAD. > > As for the other edits on projects I was involved with. My personal opinion > is that those kinds of edits are vital to the future of Wikipedia. I want > everyone to add everything they're working on to Wikipedia -- and then all > their critics to come and add what they know. I'm saddened every time I go > looking for something I expect to be in Wikipedia and find nothing -- and > am forced to rely on the organization's own site or whatever. > > OK -- I think that's all you need from me. Now enjoy yourselves as you > continue to grind Wikipedia to a whining halt. > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > On 17 April 2014 15:23, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Erik Moeller > > > <e...@wikimedia.org<javascript:;> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Pete Forsyth < > petefors...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > After he was hired, Zack continued to use that account -- more > > > > responsibly, > > > > > yes -- but he neither corrected the false statement on its user > page, > > > or > > > > > disclose his connection to it. > > > > > > > > That is untrue; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zackexley > > > > > > > > > > Interesting, but not especially relevant. What path could a reader or > > > editor of the Zack Exley article follow to learn about that connection? > > > > > > Disclosing on the Zack Exley user page isn't sufficient to meet basic > > > transparency. > > > > > > > > > > Actually, it meets the requirements of the project. It's not perfect, > but > > we have administrators who don't even give that much disclosure to their > > own alternate accounts (or that they edit without logging in), and > nobody's > > getting the pitchforks out for them. > > > > If you don't like the edits made by the account, work on-wiki to address > > the issues. You know how to start an AfD for any articles you think are > > about non-notable subjects, you know how to un-peacock an article. > > > > If one really wants to push the COI envelope, one could say that users > who > > are former employees of an organization shouldn't be editing articles > > related directly to the organization or its employees (salaried or > > contract), though. Indeed, one of the biggest COI issues we have on > English > > Wikipedia is former employees trying to use our articles to "bring > problems > > to light" about organizations. > > > > The disclosure was made. Incidentally, that's all that would need to be > > done even at the farthest reaches of the proposed terms of use amendment. > > > > Risker > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Zack > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Erlend Bjørtvedt* Nestleder, Wikimedia Norge Vice chairman, Wikimedia Norway Mob: +47 - 9225 9227 http://no.wikimedia.org <http://no.wikimedia.org/wiki/About_us> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
