[Wikimedia-l] WMF political activism, yet again

Hi, It seems that they just gave a link to that website, which...eh... When I opened it, I heard one sentence of the stream before I stopped it and read the rest of the webpage: "and then we give thanks to spirit, for the air we breathe, for the earth..." After reading the rest of the webpage, I un-paused it, and am currently listening to a bit of propaganda promoting unions and more extensive labor laws. The linked website is explicitly political, explicitly on the American left, and explicitly in favor of certain highly contentious American political proposals. I would like to hear the reasoning for why that link has been shown, and it seems to me simply unjustifiable. The WMF is the host of a series of community-built projects, not a political activism organization. Regards, Vermont On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 5:12 PM Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I can confirm that I see the same also here in the Netherlands. Which is > strange, there are no general elections here before 2021... > An explanation about this link would be interesting. > Kind regards > Ziko > > > > > > > Am Mi., 22. Apr. 2020 um 22:50 Uhr schrieb Yair Rand <yyairrand at gmail.com > >: > > > The WMF corporate site (wikimediafoundation.org) currently has a > > full-page ad with the text "We are watching Earth Day Live today. Will > > you?". This links to an external site with the text "Click here to sign > on > > to the US Youth Climate Strike Coalition Earth Day Demands - From > congress > > and the next president, we demand a People’s Bailout, a Green New Deal, > and > > Land Back for Indigenous Peoples", and prompting readers to "Pledge to > vote > > for our future" and to subscribe to "US Climate Strike". > > > > Everyone here already knows how unacceptable this is, and why, so I don't > > think this requires any further explanation. The WMF should immediately > > take this down, and make certain that this kind of thing can't happen > > again. They've failed yet again at preventing inappropriate > > political activism in WMF's communications, and must take serious action > to > > fix this constant stream of terrible failures. > > > > -- Yair Rand > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request at lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request at lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>