[Foundation-l] Deletion of Wikibooks content by Jimbo

Tue Nov 29 12:27:11 UTC 2005

Hoi,
Calling what Angela says unethical is something that I strongly object to.
Why would it be unethical to show that there are options when the jokebook
IS going to be removed. She gives an answer to a direct question; she even
points out what the problems are.

What I object to is that you do not assume good faith. I do not mind that
you oppose what Jimbo decreed, but it is no excuse to accuse Angela of being
unethical.. Shame !!

Thanks,
    GerardM

On 11/29/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/26/05, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Why delete the jokebook? Earning my bread from cmedy I certainly see
> it
> > > > could be used as an educational tool for people wanting to make
> their
> > > > bread as a comedian.
> > >
> > > Can these be moved to Wikicities?
> >
> > There is a comedy Wikicity at <http://comedy.wikicities.com> where
> > jokes can be added if it is decided that they are not suitable for any
> > Wikimedia project. It would be best to wait until Wikicities upgrades
> > its version of MediaWiki before doing any sort of mass import though,
> > since we'd need [[Special:Import]] to be working in order to retain
> > the page histories.
> >
> > Angela
>
> It hasn't been decided that jokebooks aren't suitable for any
> Wikimedia project.  Jimbo has declared by executive fiat that this is
> the case.  Your suggestion is quite plainly unethical, Angela.  Keep
> your advertisements off this mailing list.
>
> Anthony
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