[LGM] Fwd: Avoiding Wikipedia

[ale rimoldi]

hi ginger

if possible, we should would make the change as soon as we have settled 
on the right link.

there are good chances that the next year's site will be a copy of this 
year's one and in 6+ months we will have forgot this hint...


ciao
a.l.e


> To me, that looks like a nice little case of someone trying to drive 
> traffic to a site that isn't affiliated with any real government 
> agency and clearly draws profit from serving ads. I personally have no 
> problem with using Wikipedia as a source, but if the decision is made 
> in a future year to move away from it, might I instead suggest this, 
> which is at least authoritative: 
> http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/schengen/index_en.htm
>
> -g
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Louis Desjardins 
> <louis.desjardins at gmail.com <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello ginger and all,
>
>     Please read below the email I just received and let me know what
>     action should be made.
>
>     I think Isra is right at pointing this out. However it is
>     obviously not for 2015 but we should consider using the direct
>     link for 2016.
>
>     Louis
>
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: *Isra Flanagan* <israflanagan at gmail.com
>     <mailto:israflanagan at gmail.com>>
>     Date: 2015-04-21 8:04 GMT-04:00
>     Subject: Avoiding Wikipedia
>     To: louis.desjardins at gmail.com <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>
>
>
>     To whom it may concern,
>
>     my name is Isra and the reason I am sending this email is to
>     suggest you not to use Wikipedia as a source.
>
>     I was visiting
>     http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/travel/index.html and I saw
>     that you have used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area as a
>     source. I would suggest you to remove it or replace it with
>     http://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-countries-list/
>
>     The reason I am suggesting to replace the Wikipedia link is that
>     users may be reading information that is outdated or that has been
>     posted by someone who is not an expert in the field or by someone
>     who wishes to provide misinformation. It states on its own
>     disclaimer that information on Wikipedia is contributed by anyone.
>
>     I hope you will get this as an advice and replace it.
>
>     Regards,
>     Isra Flanagan
>
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