[Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice

Thu Jul 13 19:26:39 UTC 2006

That's a scary thought.

What's the article on Israel on Arabic or Farsi Wikipedia like?

On 7/13/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/13/06, Sean Whitton <sean at silentflame.com> wrote:
> > 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?
>
>
> Discussion on the [[foundation-l]] mailing list and IRC about the Urdu
> Wikipedia's sitenotice has come to the conclusion that according to
> policy sitenotices of that type should not be used on wikimedia
> foundation projects. In particular it conflicts with the principle
> that wikipedia is written in NPOV (this includes religious
> endorsements). As a result we would like to disscuss the removal of
> the the text from site notice.
>
> That gives the reasons but the ending is too weak.
>
> Incerdentaly what is their article in Israel like?
>
>
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> geni
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