Please note this seems a lack of text proofing error of thier part, and not the intent described by Greg Rundlett if we look at the page history:
http://www.wiki-site.com/index.php?title=Support_contact&diff=next&oldid=3882 They had a support forum before, and closed it at some moment, then updated the link. They probably forgot to update the text. On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that's a problem. If you can't get in contact with the site owner, > perhaps WMF Legal would be willing to send a polite but firm letter > informing that company that WMF and the Wikimedia Community, as wonderful > as we are, are not here to serve as a "free" substitute for support > services that should be provided by that site owner, and that the false > statement on that company's website should be changed. > > Pine > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Wiki-site.com is a wiki hosting company, listed at > > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Starting_and_Running_a_Wiki_ > > Website/Hosted_Wikis > > > > Their "Support Contact" page [1] for paid wikis says: > > > > "For wiki management support, we've created a forum at the following > > address" > > > > (links to THIS list!!) > > > > Rami Addady, if you're listening, at least you should say something like > > "You can get help from the amazing community of MediaWiki software users > > and developers at their public discussion list" NOT "We've created a > > forum" > > > > What do you think? > > > > I've often wondered why some list questions seem like people are > > "demanding" support. Now I know it's because some companies literally > tell > > their customers that this is their support desk. > > > > [1] http://www.wiki-site.com/index.php/Support_contact > > > > Greg Rundlett > > https://eQuality-Tech.com > > https://freephile.org > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- Sébastien Santoro aka Dereckson http://www.dereckson.be/ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
