Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-02-04/News and notes


 * Just in case it wasn't clear, Avoided is both globally banned and WMF banned now. Izno (talk) 22:34, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've fixed the text to remove the ambiguity. Andreas JN 466 23:23, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * The article description (reproduced on Wikipedia Signpost) mentions "Amanda Keton's WMF departure", but that topic isn't mentioned at all (it was covered in the previous issue instead). Relatedly, in the Pakistan story, it might have been more informative to describe Stephen as the WMF's (new) general counsel (consistent with his signature on the linked email) instead of just "a lawyer for the Wikimedia Foundation". Regards, HaeB (talk) 07:05, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Fixed. Andreas JN 466 11:08, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
 * A thought about the decline in donations -- where one could suspect a hint that it was caused by community-approved messages: better donation income derived thru messages we volunteers can approve of, even if a smaller amount, than thru messages that we feel are unethical. -- llywrch (talk) 08:14, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Of course a fund raising message that accurately says that it is to support WWF overall is going to get less donations than one that implies that more money is needed because English Wikipedia in jeopardy. The "less donations" is not a gauge of the merits of the change. North8000 (talk) 19:45, 9 February 2023 (UTC)


 * "UPDATE: Pakistan's Prime Minister has stepped in and ordered the TPA on 6 February 2023 to restore access to Wikipedia in Pakistan." I think you have a bit of a typo here. IT should be "PTA" and not "TPA". There was no Talk Page Access involved here. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:54, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I fixed the typo. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:24, 20 February 2023 (UTC)