> > (just today I came across a nice example > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jcb&oldid=59812254#A_barnstar_for_you.21 > - though I have no idea of the background of this message)
That was between two established Commons users, both of which are administrators, and completely capable of sarcastically posting a template without the help of Wikilove. Hence the example is irrelevant to this conversation. Regards, -- Orionist On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru>wrote: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:56:48 +0000, Fae <f...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > >> Efficiency has never been a part of Wikipedia's mission > > > > That's a slightly odd interpretation, > > <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission_statement> specifically > > includes effective dissemination of content. Though the word > > "effective" is quite different in meaning to "efficient", it would be > > hard to imagine operational processes or practices being judged as an > > effective use of donated funds if at the same time they blatantly > > failed to be efficient. > > > > I may be missing the point, perhaps someone can provide a practical > > counter-example? > > > > Cheers, > > Fae > > > Since it all started from my message, by "efficiency" I meant "efficient > creation of knowledge" which in my opinion can sometimes arise from > interaction between the editors (when this collaboration is constructive) > and sometimes may be deterred by the interaction when this interaction is > destructive. I do not see any indication to the fact that Wikilove always > enables constructive interaction (just today I came across a nice example > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jcb&oldid=59812254#A_barnstar_for_you.21 > - though I have no idea of the background of this message). I personally > will opt-out of Wikilove at the receiving side as soon as the option is > available. I am also not sure that the family-like model always enables > constructive interactions, since some users prefer to treat some others as > family members, and more others as aliens or enemies. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l