[Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice

Thu Jul 13 17:42:40 UTC 2006

I think we should tell the community before it is removed; present
them with the Foundation's position and allow members of the community
who are for the message to respond before anything is done. We don't
want to seem like distant bureaucrats unfamiliar with custom and
lacking diplomacy.

On 13/07/06, Sean Whitton <sean at silentflame.com> wrote:
> So, we are in agreement that it should be removed? If I'm right here,
> would a steward care to do it?
>
> On 13/07/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > Elisabeth Bauer wrote:
> > > Quran quotes (or any other, btw) in the sitenotice are an abuse of the
> > > tool and should be removed immediately.
> >
> > The "or any other" bit is extremely important.  This is not about
> > religion, it is just that the sitenotice is to be used for announcements
> > of upcoming events, news, fundraisers, things of that nature, not for
> > quotes.
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