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Asian News International case against Wikimedia and Wikipedia editors
edit- Background: Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation blanked by court order, Litigation involving the Wikimedia Foundation, prior Signpost coverage
Summons issued for Wikipedia editors in ANI case
editCommentary and facts involving the case were published by Bar and Bench, India Legal Live (ENC Network), The Hindu, and Hindustan Times. At least one source said that according to a summons issued by Delhi High Court, WMF had released or will release help?? email addresses of three editors, "defendants 2–4".
According to MediaNama, one of the defendants signed the on-wiki open letter protesting the case (see related Signpost coverage). – B
Should Wikipedia be treated like a publisher?
editAditi Agrawal covers the ANI case also one of the points in India Today's Fiiber channel on MSN "Why has the Indian government issued a notice to Wikipedia, explained in 5 points" Text text text.
Bias complaint: the phantom menace / MIB is MIA
editAs we went to press on our last issue apblive reported that "According to ANI, the government has written to Wikipedia highlighting a number of complaints of bias and inaccuracy. In the letter, the Centre pointed out that a small group of people have editorial control over the website." The "Centre" refers to the central Indian government or specifically the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).
The existence of this letter, or the timing of its issue, has itself be called into question I'll send an email to WMF.
At The Signpost, we could not find a solid report to base a story on for the last issue.
Need to be more specific here: some just said there was "a notice" sent, another said unnamed government sources had spoken to one media outlet, and none we could find provided any real details (example, example). Since then, TechCrunch is also reporting that no complaint has been found by their staff, either. – B
RfC closure noted
edit- "Wikipedia Editors Add Article Titled 'Gaza Genocide' to 'List of Genocides' Page" (Haaretz)
- "'It's not close' - Israel committing genocide concludes Wikipedia ending editorial debate" (Middle East Monitor)
This closure of a more than month-long Request for comments (RfC) at List of genocides was noted in several press sources ... choose press sources carefully. at least one of them is listed at WP:RSPS which may or may not be relevant for this column
The RfC confirming the page title follows a Requested move talkpage discussion which initially set the title earlier this year – see previous Signpost coverage. – B
Luckey Gaetz Wikipedia
editThere's a bizarre style of biography that commonly appears off-Wiki in the less-than-reliable press with headlines like John Doe Wiki. This week "GhanaCelebrities" provided the best example I've seen "Ginger Luckey Gaetz Wiki, Age, Career, Husband". The article is so well-written – it doesn't seem to have been authored with either artificial intelligence or natural ignorance – that if provided with references it would take at least a week to delete if it were posted on-Wiki. Luckey Gaetz's main claims to fame – if not notability – are that she is married to former congressman and the currently nominated U.S. Attorney General Matt Gaetz and her rich brother. Mrs. Gaetz is a KPMG manager who is reported to have taken some MBA courses through Harvard's online program and in person at UC Berkeley. Mr. Gaetz's notability includes accusations of drug use and paying for sex with minors.
A completely separate linking of Gaetz with Wikipedia was published as a trivia question in Above the Law. Kathryn Rubino asked "What law school did (Matt) Gaetz attend?" Despite a wealth of official sources that she could have linked to document the answer, she linked to Wikipedia. She told The Signpost that she did so "because Wikipedia is the easiest way to encapsulate multiple facts about a source with a single link. In this instance I wanted a reference that Matt Gaetz went to William & Mary Law as well as the other notable legal figures that went to the law school but never held the position of U.S. Attorney General." – S
In brief
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- Exploding Whale Day (including video coverage) was celebrated in Exploding Whale Memorial Park in Florence, Oregon and reported in The Oregonian. See previous Signpost coverage here or just click on the illustration on the right.
- "Climate change researchers make 100 improvements to Wikipedia ahead of COP29" (University of Exeter News)
- 'Wikipedia rabbit holes' are the backbone of Chantal Jahchan's intricate editorial collages (itsnicethat.com) peripheral mention of Wikipedia, we can delete this one if there's more good material for the section
- Digital gravestones for lost species: Wikipedia articles about extinct species are a "place people return to in order to remember, or perhaps discover, what we once had", according to a study highlighted at The Conversation.
- Busybody, hunter, dancer: which one are you?: The New Indian Express [1], Nature briefing blog [2], RealClearScience [3], Australia's National Tribune website [4], and The Conversation [5] covered new research that outlines styles of information-gathering Wikipedia user employ, using catchy nicknames.
- Troubled effort to address Australian place names:
- Why it matters: "How Australia is represented in Wikipedia and why it matters", phys.org via MSN probably a dup from issue 15
- "[A] spectrum of reluctance, hesitation, discomfort, sanitisation and also active resistance and racism": https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/really-frustrating-aussie-wikipedia-editors-burn-out.html Information Age, Australian Computer Society. Also said, "Despite researchers' attempts to find a diversity of editors to interview, only one who took part identified as a woman, while one identified as non-binary, and none were First Nations people... [researchers found] that 'basically any non-white experiences or non-dominant experiences' were omitted from many Australian Wikipedia articles".
- Goldstar does not get a gold star from Wikipedia: According to the article, Goldstar Air was a "fake airline". Yet newsghana.com says that editors describing it as such are "saboteurs [who] hatched an evil plot". You be the judge.
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