On 10/09/2011 07:20 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > The community doesn't trust the WMF at the moment. A firm commitment > not to go against an overwhelming community opinion would go a long > way towards fixing that.
That's exactly the situation. Right now, we're in a deadlock: WMF is waiting for the community to engange in a constructive dialog, forming new ideas and consensus. The community members* are waiting for a signal of trust by the WMF, a real recognition of their opposition, a clear statment that WMF and the community are on a par in this discussion and neither will do anything deemed unacceptable by the other, before they will rethink their own position. You know, it's hard to lead a constructive discussion on controversial content when half of the people are thinking about forking. Believe me, I've tried.** --Tobias * that is, most of the opposing community members ** http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-09-11_Podiumsdiskussion_Bildfilter_(360p).ogv
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