[Foundation-l] Non-free content on Commons

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 21:34:55 UTC 2009


Cary Bass wrote:
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> David Levy wrote:
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>> Pedro Sanchez wrote:
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>>> Of course, wasting resources on april 1st is very sensical.
>>>
>>> And who cares about purported reach to the whole world and all
>>> that fancy words let's bother them with our idiotic pranks
>>> becuase we are majority and thereforewe have the right to do so
>>>
>>> Very good attitude on the wikimedia foundation list (I don't care
>>> if you do so on english wikipedia list)
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>> Needless to say, I wholeheartedly agree with you, Pedro. Every
>> year, I find myself disheartened by this Anglocentric rationale for
>> deliberate disruption.
>>
>> I've even mentioned 28 December when trying to explain to people
>> that April Fools' Day isn't a worldwide custom.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents#Feast_days
>>     
> Here here! I'm also a fan of doing this on December 28 (and ignoring
> the fact that it's my birthday that day).
>
> Cary
>   

Me too; adding that I would be all for the jewish contributors
of our site to create a [[Wikipedia:Purim policy page]] next
year 27th to 28th of March. (See [[Purim torah]])


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen




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