Hello Rafi , thanks for clarifying more about cases like this but as I have put it , it was by a mistake done by newbie who didn’t has no metapage editing links at all .
to the office On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 16:18 Mrb Rafi <mrbrafi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Derrick, > > Thanks for forwarding it to the mailing list. In this particular case, the > credit-snatching instance has been committed by a newcomer, as you > mentioned. There can be a lot of arguments on whether the person did it > intentionally or it was just a newbie mistake, but I'm not going towards > that. > > There are legal frameworks for determining the ownership of intellectual > property. But how do you give proper credit to an organizer who led, for > example, an image donation program? They must be credited for their hard > work as Wikimedia organizers. Unfortunately, similar and even more obvious > instances of credit snatching are taking place in the movement, sometimes > by some of the most experienced wikimedians with a clear understanding of > what they are doing. This is more evident in underrepresented communities, > and there is no preventive method against it. > > Best, > Rafi > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 8:11 PM Ndahiro Derrick Alter < > ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Abel for bringing our community ‘s attention to this issue though >> ( I don’t think using all these avenues before reaching to the user who did >> that was really necessary but I understand the context ) >> >> I just had a phone call with user:Nkunda102 , he is newbie with no skills >> of editing the metapage, he regrets his actions and will write a formal >> apology to the original author and the team receiving grants . >> >> Best regards >> >> On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 at 13:10 Abel MBULA <bam6...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Forward as received >>> >>> FYI dear community member >>> >>> Abel Lifaefi Mbula >>> Free Software Dev >>> Free Culture Enthousiast >>> >>> Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send >>> OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: patience kavira <patiencekav...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 at 13:07 >>> Subject: Fwd: My project was stolen by a user from Rwanda - >>> User:Nkunda102 >>> To: Abel MBULA (via Google Drive) <bam6...@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> De : patience kavira <patiencekav...@gmail.com> >>> Date: sam. 18 févr. 2023 à 12:55 >>> Subject: My project was stolen by a user from Rwanda - User:Nkunda102 >>> To: fdevou...@anthere.org <fdevou...@anthere.org>, >>> donatien.ka...@gmail.com <donatien.ka...@gmail.com>, >>> emmanuelle...@gmail.com <emmanuelle...@gmail.com>, i...@wikiinafrica.org >>> <i...@wikiinafrica.org> >>> Cc: <wikifra...@lists.wikimedia.fr>, < >>> african-wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>, < >>> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> >>> >>> Dear Florence, >>> >>> It is with great regret that I am writing to report suspicious behavior >>> by a user from Rwanda. >>> >>> As part of the African Environment project that you are conducting in >>> partnership with Wikimedia CI, I have submitted a funding request since >>> February 14th [1]. >>> >>> However, as I was checking this morning to see if you have already >>> decided on my project, I was surprised to see that the project has been >>> slightly modified, and I am no longer the project owner. It is now the user >>> Nkunda102 who has taken over the project. I did not want to simply undo his >>> modifications, at the risk that he might come back again. I want to bring >>> the situation to your level so that you know what to do, but at the same >>> time, I would like to alert the whole community so that such behavior >>> cannot happen again, because it tarnishes the image of Africa, as well as >>> of Wikipedia. >>> >>> [1] >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Environment/Microfunding/Let%E2%80%99s_fight_climate_change_and_the_gender_gap_on_Wikipedia >>> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Patience Kavira >>> Environmental specialist >>> University of Kisangani >>> >>> >>> -- >> derrick >> > _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/DLXOH55XERIKVSRZQDDT7B5BCYGV4K56/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/T4KDR4OXPT2JWYWUSY66XWTFTI3KMTTS/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- derrick
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