I took Mike's use of the Meta (Wikimedia, not Facebook) to point out that
there would have indeed been a LOT less confusion and irritation on the
part of many members of the community if the WMF team involved had (at the
very least) put some of the details or listed the intent behind the
Kaya Mike
I see the joke in
> So ... you're not involving https://meta.wikimedia.org/ in this project?
as some of us will also remember Meta Dioxin of Yes Minister fame from the
1980's
but the Meta involvement is Facebooks new alias or corporate brand not our
project and that would have been
So ... you're not involving https://meta.wikimedia.org/ in this project?
Thanks,
Mike
On 22/12/21 16:43:17, Florence Devouard wrote:
Hello Jorge
I really appreciate you took the time to send a public update before the
holiday season, as well as the private email with additional food for
> our main focus has been identifying ways to work with the Africa Union to
plug them into
> ongoing and future priorities and initiatives in the region, with this
project being the first step towards that.
Perhaps an easy 'zeroth step' would be naming at least one community
lead/contact for any
Dear Florence,
As promised, wanted to make sure we circled back before the holiday break
after getting more information. Per my last communication, I want to
reiterate we are indeed working on a project that is framed under a larger
collaboration being discussed with the Africa Union. This
HI Jorge
I find it disturbing that you dont have a detailed answer even now, and
that the WMF would agree to partnerships which dont respect the community
its the community who has built and maintain the credibility of the
projects.
While its nice to see high level efforts from the WMF extreme
Thank you, Jorge, for this thoughtful and clear response.
Florence, Xavier, and others: I know there's often good reason to message
Wikimedia-l, and also to let you know that you can always reach the WMF
Partnerships team at partnersh...@wikimedia.org and on our Meta page
Hi Florence,
Thanks for your email. We wanted to acknowledge receipt and say that we're
working on a more detailed answer about the partnership with Africa No
Filter (ANF) and the Africa Union (AU), and to some of the higher-level
points you've raised around our general approach to this work.
Hi all,
Thank you for raising up this topic in the list, Florence. I fully agree with
you in all your points and find it of great concern, especially regarding
accountability of the WMF towards the community. But also because its
increasing agreements and decisions that are not thoroughly
