Hoi, In reply to theo10011, I am happy to inform you that there has been an awesome project where 10 universities in Jakarta competed this year. This competition was wildly successful, the number of editors doubled during the run of the competition. If anything, it is sad that the Indonesian chapter does not have the funding to build upon the success and make it a continuing and national project where universities use Wikipedia as a place where they can express their knowledge and ability.
In reply to Anna Shyrokova, as the WMF functions both as a worldwide organisation and as a USA chapter there is no obvious distinction between the two. When there is funding for a targeted project like the US policy project, there would be little or no objection when it is run by a USA chapter. Now you have a worldwide organisation that runs a project that impacts the notion of what public policy is and allows it to have a USA point of view. In reply to Steven Walling, perfection is the enemy of the good. But projects are run first in the USA or are targeted towards English. I doubt very much that a bot will be allowed that will create a stub for every Indian town, village or hamlet. As there are no examples of a WMF project that runs first in another country or language, the question is not about perfection but about the good i.e. the even-handedness of a global organisation. This would not be as much of an issue if there was an USA chapter. In rely to Noein, this thread started with Barry informing us about a new function related to chapters. If there is an issue with understanding the role of chapters and the WMF itself there can be no firm expectation of what the person who will be fulfilling this role will actually do. Without an USA chapter it will be "everywhere but in America". This is highly undesirable. I do agree with what you wrote and the issue is now very practical. Someone may get this job and it is best when there is clarity about the roles of chapters and the role of the WMF. Thanks, GerardM _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l