Actually, I am quite appalled by the article. Whether one wants to see something positive in pirating or not, the Wikimedia servers are not meant for this purpose (for good reasons). Breaking rules and taking abuse of an opportunity is not a goal by itself. Kind regards Ziko
Am Mittwoch, 23. März 2016 schrieb Jason Koebler : > This is an important issue and how Wikimedia and the community handles it > is very important. I would caution that even those who are pirating and > sharing copyrighted materials are not "bad actors," they are people who > have no other file sharing options who have found a creative solution in > the face of being given partial access to the internet. > > Here is an article I just published on the subject: > > > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/wikipedia-zero-facebook-free-basics-angola-pirates-zero-rating > > On 22 March 2016 at 07:37, Mwaoshe Njemah <m.nj...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Reminder: Wikipedia Zero is actually a very good thing. We are hoping to > > improve the quality and quantity of articles > > > > Mwaoshe Njemah, > > Siku Ya Wiki Project > > On 21 Mar 2016 09:58, "WereSpielChequers" <werespielchequ...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > Is much of the problem about differing varieties of Portuguese? Last I > > > heard the Portuguese language Wikipedia allowed multiple versions of > > > Portuguese in a similar way to English - i.e. standardised at the > article > > > level not the project level; Though the editing base is much more > skewed > > to > > > Brazil than EN is to the US. Assuming Angolan Portuguese is closer to > the > > > Portuguese spoken in Portugal, then just as in EN you are likely to get > > > some goodfaith newbies "correcting" spelling to the version they know. > If > > > so perhaps edit filters might work. Alternatively, would it be possible > > to > > > do something similar to the Chinese Wikipedia and display different > > > versions of Portuguese according to user preference/IP geography? > > > > > > WereSpielChequers > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: 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> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: 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> > > > > > > -- > Jason Koebler > Staff Writer, Motherboard <http://www.motherboard.vice.com/> / VICE > Host & Producer, Radio Motherboard > <http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-motherboard/id946704646?mt=2> > podcast > 49 South 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249 > 301-412-7324 > @jason_koebler <http://www.twitter.com/jason_koebler> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: 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> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
