Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED
Oh what on earth are you talking about? I have no idea who Rory is. You need to withdraw your libelous comment. Tony On 03/02/2014, at 10:10 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Tony Souter, 01/02/2014 16:13: [...] totally inappropriate for choosing the executive director [...] in a competitive, complex, and often negative jungle. You shouldn't be blaming Rory for her origin in the jungle. Please refrain from commenting on specific candidates, especially if your comment doesn't comply with WMF's HR policies. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Non_discrimination_policy https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Pluralism,_internationalism,_and_diversity_policy Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED
Folks: are we still playing with this toy? I've sat here and watched this discourse – variously frivolous, slightly insulting, and embarrassing – and said nothing in the hope it would just fizzle away. But amazingly, it's still here. We have to accept that while crowdsourcing is the genius of Wikipedia and a few of its sister projects, it's totally inappropriate for choosing the executive director of a big, prominent Foundation that lives in a competitive, complex, and often negative jungle. There's a bunch of reasons for doing this largely away from the gaze of the rest of the world. Do I really need to spell them out? It would be good to move on to more useful and practical topics. Tony On 02/02/2014, at 1:32 AM, Benjamin Lees emufarm...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:29 AM, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote: Chad, I wonder if Rory has been considered. (: Given his history of biting newbies, I'm not sure he'd be in a good position to help solve the editor retention problem. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia DC Annual Plan for 2013-14
Kirill—nicely put together plan. Thanks. T ___ Tony Souter *Fixed-line phone: +612 42633401 *Mobile: 0450 717627 (+61450 717627), but usually not switched on *Skype: tonysouter (located in Sydney) *Street address: 1/29 Tarrant Ave, Kiama Downs 2533, Australia On 09/11/2013, at 12:48 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: Hello everyone, Wikimedia DC has released its Annual Plan for 2013-14. The plan can be found on our wiki at http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Annual_plan_(2013–2014); a copy will also be posted on meta shortly. As always, any comments or suggestions would be very welcome. Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Attention needed for Croatian Wikipedia issue
This is a sadly common pattern among smaller WMF sites: a single editor or a group of self-supporting editors gains a foothold in the power structure and abuses the trust we put in admins. Just as in real life, this is typically accompanied by a xenophobic push, and a snowballing effect that ensures a grip on power. This degradation of the original wiki ethic is all too evident in at least one of the smaller English-language sites, so just what we might expect to find if we were to lift the linguistic veil over the many small sites in other languages makes one's spine shiver. Per Nathan, yes, specifics need to be stated, and as far as possible without emotion ... just the facts, and as briefly as possible. Understandably, the Foundation will try to stay out of any community dispute unless it becomes so toxic it can't be ignored in an interwiki sense. However, I think there's a role for WMF community relations staff to advise distressed parties and to be made aware of major conflicts on WMF sites – aside from anything else, we have yet to see legal action by a party who claims to be injured by other editors on a site, and that's something we would all like to forestall. Tony On 29/10/2013, at 5:12 AM, Nathan wrote: Hi Dalibor, Could you describe what type of aid you are looking for, and how you think it fits with the overall governing ethos of Wikimedia projects? (For example, if you ask for WMF staff to intervene, would you argue that the WMF can and should intervene in project disputes when one side makes a request?). Thanks, Nathan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
