Fingers crossed this will calm down now but you never know.There was a time when this would be used to knock Wikipedia.Vandalism, surely!Stevie will be on to this but yes he handled this, as did others David, Seddon etc, sensibly.
On 30 April 2014 01:22, Thehelpfulone <thehelpfulonewiki@gmail.com> wrote:
There’s a typo of the Wikimedia Foundation - “Wikipedia Foundation” - can someone contact them to fix it?--
ThehelpfuloneOn 30 Apr 2014, at 01:04, Harry Burt <harryaburt@gmail.com> wrote:Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)HarryIt's currently on the BBC homepage with the description "The charity that represents Wikipedia in the UK has condemned edits made from government computers after more insults and vandalism emerged."Looks like a good write up (factually accurate) with some choice quotes from Stevie.
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_______________________________________________On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Just for some context, it's been reported in the Liverpool Echo - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hillsborough-wikipedia-insults-added-government-7029881 and the Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/10786380/Insulting-revisions-to-Wikipedia-entry-on-Hillsborough-made-from-Government-computers.html - so please be aware it's a live story for now.If you happen to receive any enquiries, please do feel free to send them my way.Thanks and regards,
StevieOn 24 April 2014 21:14, Jon Davies <jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:_______________________________________________Just to alert anyone a journalist has been in touch regarding some reported vandalism to the article about the Hillsborough Disaster = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disasterWe have explained how it is the community of editors who look after the content and that we have faith in the sound judgement of the community
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