ANI vs Wikimedia
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:08 pm
The BBC has caught on.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrdydkypv7o
This might be fun. in a dorky legal way.
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https://www.wikipediasucks.co/forum/
https://www.wikipediasucks.co/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3398
A lot can happen from there, such as the possibility that journalists becoming interested and delving deep into Wikipedia's skeleton closets.Strelnikov wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 11:41 amThe BBC has caught on.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrdydkypv7o
This might be fun. in a dorky legal way.
It won't get much coverage in Western media. India subjects are the constant targets of editwarring by obsessed Indian editors. Remember that Wifione abused the HELL out of Wikipedia for several years before they tossed him.Ognistysztorm wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:08 pmA lot can happen from there, such as the possibility that journalists becoming interested and delving deep into Wikipedia's skeleton closets.
Is this article being editwarred? Of course. For eighteen years. Mostly by people in India. Very little, it was a crummy stub until 2020 when the diddling went off the rails. Winged Blades of Godric tried to pwn it but left in 2020, just as the real shit started up. All is sockpuppets and idiocy.Last week, the court ordered it to be taken down saying it interfered with court proceedings.
The Foundation has since suspended the page. Observers say this is probably the first time that a Wikipedia page in English language has been taken down after a court order.
They can, but people can just flock to Justapedia nowadays which will be an epic blow-back to their face.Ram24 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:14 pmThey are now talking about blacking out the English Wikipedia in protest!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... tion's_act
A full RFC was started:
That's true. The general atmosphere has been turning against Wikipedia for the last two years, with climaxes such as Holocaust in Poland distortions, Tracing Woodgrain's post about David Gerard and finally this.ericbarbour wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:49 pmA full RFC was started:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia ... a_blackout
And there is your Idiot Screaming Match for the month. Maybe the year if it keeps getting louder.
(You notice that Jimbo plunked his blather right at the top of the RFC, and someone else moved it to the bottom? He's no longer the Tiny Dictator of Wiki. They don't care what he thinks anymore.)
A mishmash of longtime insider-nuts is on both sides of the squabble. LilianaUWU is in there whining about trans rights, as usual. And many of the people voting "NO" are being attacked very aggressively. It's stupid, because these shithead volunteers CAN NOT take down the whole thing without WMF support, which they won't get in this case.
Ever since the 2012 blackout over SOPA, they have hallucinated their "enormous political power". It ain't there.
As of my posting, it's 86 for a blackout, 147 opposed. Fail. 362k bytes of wasted energy.
Actually, the judge opened the sealed cover, perused the contents thoroughly, then asked WMF counsel "How can these addresses be verified?" to which the reply was "These are all we have, and the website does not conduct verification of its users". The ANI counsel assisted his opponent by saying that service on the editors (D2-D4) is complete, they have not appeared, so can we please move on to my defamation takedowns. The judge then resealed the covers. So it can be safely inferred that WMF did not give ANI anything, and ANI never wanted the D2-D4 details at all, it was only a procedural formality so ANI can take on the "Wikimedia method/model" directly which is troubling all their SPAs/IPs. On a procedural note, once the case is complete and judgment given, the sealed covers are opened and anyone can inspect its contents. So nothing to fret over. Storm in a teacup.