Speaking off the record and in my personal capacity - fuckin' A. Thank you for being the one sane voice :p
On Sunday, 11 December 2011, Renata St <renataw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The problem is that the research committee made only a token effort >> at finding or following relevant onwiki policy or consensus , nor did >> they try to explain or correct their actions onwiki in a timely manner >> as per WIARM. Or where they did, they didn't follow up. >> >> Any of those 3 elements (Policy, Consensus, WIARM/BRD) each could and >> still can help bring people up to speed and reduce misunderstandings. >> That's part of what they're for, after all! I'm sure that people will be >> more supportive once things are sorted out in that way. >> >> Hmm, the research committee still hasn't made any onwiki statement at a >> relevant location that I can find. If this were a court case, RCom >> would pretty much have lost by default and/or forfeit already. >> > > As I said, analyze and nitpick things to death. Does any of that above * > really* matter? > > It distresses me to see the community turned into this insane > policy-enforcing power-hungry gang. Everything must be approved by us > (consensus)! Everything must follow each letter and comma of every goddarn > policy out there! If there is a single comma missing we will shred you to > pieces, treat you like a scum and public enemy number 1, whack you with all > kinds of warnings, AN threads, blocks... Yeah, you go back to where you > came from and stay there![1] > > Since when doing something nice and interesting on WP should be treated and > compared to going to a court? Why and when did the community started to > think that compliance with WP:IDHCWTSF[2] is more important than > intentions, than doing the "right thing", than embracing new, different > ideas? Why does everything have to go through nine circles of bureaucracy? > > I weep for the memory of Wikipedia that was *free*. Yes, it is still free > [as in $ and *©*], but it is no longer free of the instruction creep that > stifles and regulates your every movement. I weep for the memory of a > feeling that you *can* change, you *can* edit, you *can* do... without that > gripping fear that you are violating some random policy and therefore will > be whacked on your head with some large stick. > > Renata > > [1] Exaggerated, yes, but isn't this the typical newbie experience these > days? > [2] Wikipedia:I don't have a clue what this stands for > _______________________________________________ > 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