Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-03 Thread Tony Souter
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) wrote: > Tony Souter, 01/02/2014 16:13: >> [...] totally inappropriate for choosing the executive director [

Re: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED

2014-02-01 Thread Tony Souter
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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia DC Annual Plan for 2013-14

2013-11-10 Thread Tony Souter
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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Attention needed for Croatian Wikipedia issue

2013-10-28 Thread Tony Souter
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 ens