Dear members of the Media Relations Team, Thank you for the confirmation.
Best regards, Kiril On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 at 15:30, Press <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kiril, > > We can confirm that Duncan has been in touch with the press team at the > Foundation and has contacted other Wikimedia volunteers for this story. > > Thank you for checking this with us. We welcome volunteers to reach out to > our team on [email protected] for any support on running background on > any reporter/media outlets before deciding on responding to media requests. > > Warmly, > Media Relations Team (WMF) > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM Kiril Simeonovski via Wikimedia-l < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> About four months ago, I was contacted by a freelance journalist named >> Duncan Fyfe with a couple of questions about deletion requests (AfDs) on >> the English Wikipedia. He explained that he was preparing an article for >> the *Wired* magazine and had already contacted other experienced >> Wikipedians with similar questions. I made a quick search to discover that >> Duncan Fyfe is a legitimate journalist and *Wired* is a reputable >> magazine, so I answered the questions to the best of my ability. >> >> Over the following two months, he followed up with more specific >> questions about my involvement in AfDs on the English Wikipedia, my >> personal interpretation of notability, and the interactions with >> single-purpose temporary accounts who are there to illustrate their point. >> I provided detailed answers to all those questions. >> >> Today, he wrote me that the article was sent to *Wired*’s fact-checker >> Daniel Roman, who might have some additional questions before it gets >> published. >> >> So far, I do not see a clear sign that this is a scam, but I would like >> to know if anyone else was recently contacted by the same journalist or >> others working for *Wired* with questions about Wikipedia? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Best regards, >> Kiril >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], 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/[email protected]/message/FXDPN5Q5QFLBSSX6IPZAWMMIU63JWJRQ/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >
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