Frankly, I think we should all be thanking Andreas for not backing down.

On Tue, Feb 1, 2022, 12:08 PM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Andreas,
>
> Are you ... sealioning WMF staff?  Please don't.  🎢
>
> You've been posting a lot
> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/>
>  lately,
> when that happens one can forget to be kind.  I do find you're taking an
> overly jaundiced view.
>
> Fewer, shorter messages keep the list more usable by others. You don't
> need to respond to everyone.  Rants and nitpicks are better suited to
> channels *without* *mass **push-*notifications, like the wiki.  There's
> an FAQ
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRS_tax_related_information/2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Form_990_Frequently_Asked_Questions>
>  on
> Meta for every 990, as you know
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:IRS_tax_related_information/2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Form_990_Frequently_Asked_Questions>,
> for Qs like this.
>
> And you should stop calling out individual staff, period.  Including for
> salary analyses. That is the least informative (for reasons Christophe laid
> out) and most disruptive use of the public information which we are all
> glad to have access to.
>
> Warmly, SJ
> (ramping back my own posting for a while!)
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 9:11 AM Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear WMF accounts staff,
>>
>> Could you kindly clarify whether the "Salaries, other compensation,
>> employee benefits" figure in Part I, line 15 of the Form 990 relates solely
>> to the 291 employees indicated in Part I, line 5, or whether it also
>> includes salaries, compensation and benefits for the 82 contractors listed
>> in Part V, line 1a of the Form 990.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Andreas
>>
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