On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 1:20 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 August 2011 09:04, <dgge...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Aug 26, 2011 11:12am, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 26 August 2011 16:06, David Goodman dgge...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > This labeling is proposed to be done on the basis not of the regular >>> > commons categories, but of special ones designed for the purpose; not >>> > on the regular WP editors, but a special committee. > >>> Ooh, *really*. Then this initiative will be bitterly resisted at every >>> turn. > >> I am not sure if your wording implies that I am being excessively negative >> or skeptical. But yes, I very definitely think it should be resisted at >> every stage of implementation. What else can we do, if the people who >> should be providing services to us, try to run things for us. the community >> is sometimes wrong; the board is sometimes right. I would rather go wrong >> with the community , than right with the board.T, there is no other way of >> preserving the values of independence and spontaneity which are the essence >> of our projects. The distinctiveness of Wikipedia is that we are a >> community-directed project, and no person or group--even groups of our own >> choosing-- has the authority to lead us. > > > That's what I meant - plans for a special committee, and not a > community decision, had somehow escaped my notice. That's just a > ridiculously, amazingly, bad idea. The community is frequently on > crack, but a special committee for this job can only be worse. > > Is it in fact the case that the job is to be handed to a special > committee? If so, who thought this was a good idea and why? > > > - d.
This is the first I've heard of a special committee :) Not sure where that idea came from... -- phoebe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
