[Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice

Thu Jul 13 18:53:41 UTC 2006

Most people can understand English there, so there
shouldn't be any problem in posting the message in English.
Otherwise, I can translate the message in Urdu, if required.

--heema

----- Original Message ----
From: Sean Whitton <sean at silentflame.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:48:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice

That sounds sensible, how about something along the lines of (after
translation by a kind soul):
Discussion on the [[foundation-l]] mailing list about the Urdu
Wikipedia's sitenotice has come to the conclusion that according to
policy the sitenotice should not be used <perhaps a quote from Jimbo
here>. We'd like to hear the opinions of the users of this wiki before
we take any action over this issue.

Sound okay?

On 13/07/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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