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Missing link

Missing link: I am not seeing a link to the source of the "Smuggling Wikipedia" newspiece? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:20, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I added a link ([1]) which I think is the one. (t) Josve05a (c) 08:39, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy Wales Foundation

Huh. Ok. " Jimmy Wales Foundation... was formed following...". But formed by whom? And for what purpose? The article fails to mention - is this Jimbo's imitative, or some trolling page (unlikely given that Jimbo has co-written something with its CEO), or what? In fact, the "what" makes for an interesting item for Signpost to investigate. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:14, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See "Jimmy Wales pledges $500k UAE award to human rights causes" (Daily Dot) and "Jimmy Wales and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Prize Money" (The Wikipedian) for background. Wales has also discussed this on his user talk page. Andreas JN 466 11:07, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Re Kazakhstan ...

See also last month's report in Eurasianet, "Wikipedia Founder Distances Himself from Kazakhstan PR Machine". The 2011 Wikipedian of the Year recently became a deputy governor in Kazakhstan, and heads a Brussels-based think tank – see "Jack Straw Slammed for Taking Job with Kazakhstan". Andreas JN 466 11:04, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Media once again mistakes hacking for illegal computer security breaking

Think of the original hackers and all the people that still identify with the original, non-derogatory meaning of hacking. Think of all the "hackers" that will be attending your hackaton at Wikimania 2015 in order to hack Mediawiki and related Wikimedia free software. You don't want them to feel like criminals, do you? --isacdaavid 19:28, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]