I still don't think calling us 'unreliable' is actionable straightout. Hell,
we aren't reliable even by our own standards.

- Chris

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Esteffect (Wikipedia e-mail) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I think that the way the image is being used, however, is clearly to state,
> "it's unreliable". It can probably be actioned quite easily, as Facebook
> pages are supposed to be ran by key representatives of the brand they
> represent. Unless the Foundation are running it, it would not be hard to
> report.
>
> The original page, with its 50,000 or so "fans" still seems a bit suspect
> in
> terms of its disappearance, and was a far better representative of the
> project (actual Wikipedia logo, and so forth).
>
> On 04/03/2009, Ronald Chmara <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:34 PM, Chris Down wrote:
> > > At least in my opinion, this is hardly actionable. Besides, whoever
> > > made
> > > that image doesn't understand the concept of verifiability.
> > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Esteffect (Wikipedia e-mail) <
> > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > >> http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object3/1533/67/l44712023245_41.jpg
> > >> (A motivational image stating "Wikipedia: The truth is now
> > >> editable").
> >
> > "Truth" is a concept often brokered in by authoritarians, where there
> > are absolute, unchanging, statements of "fact", regardless of
> > science, of future results, of more data, (etc.)
> >
> > "Truth" has always been editable, depending on who has authority.
> >
> > We're Wikipedia. We don't deal with a "Truth", we deal with many
> > verifiable believers in many verifiable "truths".
> >
> > -Bop
> >
> >
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