Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-08-27/News and notes
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- From their shared Wikitravel:User:IBlegal account, will Internet Brands' paid editors be able to make legal threats against editors for edits made to Wikipedia articles such as Hellman & Friedman and Internet Brands? -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 11:34, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
- Not directly, Wikipedia being shielded by anonymity and all. But remember that to them this smells like a hostile takeover. ResMar 15:24, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
- And I can understand why they feel that way. While I would support a travel sister project, I am rather uncomfortable about this whole situation. It feels like we're bullying another company to either join us or we'll just create our own site and put you out of business. That's...kinda wrong. In a number of ways. SilverserenC 05:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
- Not directly, Wikipedia being shielded by anonymity and all. But remember that to them this smells like a hostile takeover. ResMar 15:24, 29 August 2012 (UTC)