I wrote this in response to Michael Mandiberg's grant -- a grant that by the way piggybacks on a ton of hard work and an initiative that GerardM and I were successfully working on. His grant will pretty much destroy that work.
My comments were deleted. Censorship by the WMF. I am apparently violating friendly space by being critical of their darling.
from: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants: ... dorsements
Do Not Support. This is another effort by Art+Feminism to co-opt current ongoing work to integrate Wikidata into Wikipedia outreach, twisting the current work into something that services the A+F initiative. Striking is the lack of actual work that A+F would do. The idea is that doing integration between Wikidata and Wikipedia takes actual hard work and curation. That is not something A+F has a proven track record of (a) doing (b) having interest in. So why throw more money at this initiative that is not really about Wikipedia, but is in service of the founders of A+F? It's a terrible idea. There is no clear benefit to Wikipedia. This is not a tool to establish notability in any way. Terrible idea and poor execution. Also, insanely expensive with no oversight. No. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 21:56, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Beyond the fact that this proposal piggybacks upon the work that GerardM and I have been doing with current outreach for a while now (which includes sustained muscular and most importantly curated effort), which there is no mention of here, this project could negatively impact and inadvertently silo the current outreach I'm involved in, and that is unacceptable. And Michael, before you whinge and moan and say that I have a personal vendetta against you and A+F, there's no need. You've already slandered me elsewhere. I have never publicly done the same to you, not with the specific details. I have just taken the abuse. I have also tried to move on. But this proposal is taking the work I have been involved in and using it for your own nefarious purposes (i.e., not doing the actual hard work and looking for an "easy" automated solution). It is another reflection of the ethics you have no problem bending and using for your own self-serving purposes. It stinks from the head. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 22:11, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
and more here:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata: ... focus_list
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata: ... st_(P5008)
Mandiberg went to ANI against me. It's a personal attack. It's harassment. It's a lynch mob.
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata: ... Harassment
I guess all that is okay.
- Erika aka ~~~~