[Foundation-l] Removal of Cherokee Translators from Wikimedia

Thu Aug 17 18:34:44 UTC 2006

I'm going to wait for Aphaia's rebuttal before commenting.

On 8/17/06, Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
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> Aphia made the following edit:
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> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Translation&diff=prev&oldid=410586
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> then left the following comments on my talk page:
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> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jmerkey
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> == [[Translators]] ==
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> I remove your website from the list by consensus of Promotion &
> Translation subcommittee. The list is a list of translators, not a
> website. You can't use meta for advertising your site.
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> Thank you for your understanding,
> --[[User:Aphaia|Aphaia]] 17:33, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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> :Removal of a community of translators from wikimedia seems counter
> productive to the foundations goals.  I'll discuss it on the foundation
> mailing list and see if the broader community agrees with your actions.
> [[User:Jmerkey|Jmerkey]] 17:03, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
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> Aphia's contributions shows no such discussion occurring anywhere
> discussing such an action:
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> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Aphaia
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> I personally could care less, I am translating content as a service to
> the Native Community and the Foundation.  I find it odd that Angela who
> supposedly is public relations for a firm whose purpose and goals are to
> promote the creation of new communities and her triumverate of
> associates are so bent on running off contributors to other languages
> they peronally don't like.    Concensus from whom?   a triumverate of
> three?
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> At any rate, discussion is open on the topic.   If having a Cherokee
> based community website is so offensive, I'll maintain it off site and
> the ANA and Federal Government finanacial contributors are welcome to
> help us with the program.
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> Jeff
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