I did not say I am opposed to it. I said I am not supportive of it.
There are several reasons
The first is that I consider that we should work in collaboration and
celebrate our diversity and the various pieces that each of us bring. I
do not think anything of what we do could have been done without the
help of others. Celebrating one person instead of celebrating the team
work seems odd/wrong to me. This is why I appreciate initiatives such as
"the best projects of the year", which focus on an outcome and the team
that made it happen rather than on an individual. Celebrating a "best
team work" or "top 3 most amazing projects of the year" would be awesome
to me.
But celebrating one person... it seems to go against our commonly shared
values.
The second reason I am not supportive of it is the complexity of the
voting process. Who would vote ? Which voting system would be used ?
Would voting be public or private ? How to limit the impact of the
vested interest ?
In short... lot's of troubles.
The third reason is related to the nomination process. Who will be
allowed to nominate someone ? Which rules to be a nominee ? Would there
be self nomination ? Would that be public ?
Some cultures favor boosting (eg, american from USA) whilst in others,
self nomination (or even the prospect of asking someone privately for a
nomination) is just very hard to do. Beyond culture... even gender plays
a role. Women tend to be less bold than men on such issues.
Florence
Le 26/09/2017 à 14:07, Isaac Olatunde a écrit :
Thank you, Justice.
@Flo, may I respectfully ask why you are opposing this?
Regards,
Isaac
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Justice Okai-Allotey
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yeah precisely, let's all discuss if we want to go ahead I think
it's a great initiative though .
Regards,
Justice.
On Sep 26, 2017 11:58 AM, "Isaac Olatunde"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well, that shouldn't be a difficult thing like every other
awards, but the African Wikimedia community will decide how to
best do it.
Regards,
Isaac
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Justice Okai-Allotey
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
This is actually a great idea but how are we going to
measure who qualifies to be an African Wikimedian of the
year. Are we going to use a popular vote process, I
believe when we figure those things out we can move
forward with that.
Best,
Justice.
On Sep 26, 2017 11:47 AM, "Isaac Olatunde"
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi all,
Wiki Indaba 2018 in Tunisia is approaching, and I just
thought of something like *African Wikimedian of the
Year Award *to honor African Wikimedian who has
contributed tremendously to Wikimedia projects and
its growth in Africa. We can have other award category
too and this would also makes the event more colorful.
What do you think?
Regards,
Isaac Olatunde
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