Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
I have explained my views on the plan at length on this mailing list and the wiki. I have no intention of repeating myself now. On Sep 30, 2012 4:16 PM, "Doug Weller" wrote: > > Katie's right. I really have no idea what the main issues are here > about the plan. > Doug > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Doug Weller
Katie's right. I really have no idea what the main issues are here about the plan. Doug On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Katie Chan wrote: > Oh FFS. Can everyone please talk about the issues, in this case the plan > itself, rather than people? If you (still) have problems with the content of > th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Katie Chan
Oh FFS. Can everyone please talk about the issues, in this case the plan itself, rather than people? If you (still) have problems with the content of the plan, then list those issues and discuss it. We don't need a dozen emails back and forth arguing whether the existing changes constitute a "r

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
Where did I mention thought? I neither know nor care how much Jon thought about it. He didn't fix the fundamental problems and just fiddled with the details. That is not a rewrite. On Sep 30, 2012 3:56 PM, "David Gerard" wrote: > On 30 September 2012 15:55, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > On Sep 30, 20

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 September 2012 15:55, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On Sep 30, 2012 3:26 PM, "David Gerard" wrote: >> On 30 September 2012 13:23, Thomas Dalton wrote: >> > A rewrite involves substantial changes, not just changes in detail, >> > which is >> > all you made. >> You're claiming to measure thought

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Sep 30, 2012 3:26 PM, "David Gerard" wrote: > > On 30 September 2012 13:23, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > > A rewrite involves substantial changes, not just changes in detail, which is > > all you made. > > > You're claiming to measure thought by text diffs. Please respond to what I say, not some

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 September 2012 13:23, Thomas Dalton wrote: > A rewrite involves substantial changes, not just changes in detail, which is > all you made. You're claiming to measure thought by text diffs. This has a certain surface plausibility, but insisting on it when you've been told "no, that's not a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
A rewrite involves substantial changes, not just changes in detail, which is all you made. On Sep 30, 2012 1:07 PM, "Jon Davies" wrote: > I think that would depend on how you define re-writes Tom. They felt like > re-writes and stuff changed. > I Incorporated a lot of people's suggestions and tri

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Jon Davies
I think that would depend on how you define re-writes Tom. They felt like re-writes and stuff changed. I Incorporated a lot of people's suggestions and tried to find consensus. I listened a lot and acted. You are being unfair. Jon On 30 September 2012 12:50, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On Sep 30, 20

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Sep 30, 2012 11:25 AM, "Jon Davies" wrote: > There is a terrible tendency in planning to 'never quite get there' , waiting for perfection. We have been a bit prone to that. This plan went through four re-writes over about the same number of months. It is common sense and achievable in my view.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-30 Thread Jon Davies
We did discuss it in Wahsington and decided to leave it aside while we worked on the plan for 2013. I am going to speak honestly here. I wondered if we would ever get a plan, given how many different ideas and views there were about what should be in it, and what structure it should take. My stra

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
I disagree that it is in fairly good shape and would welcome an opportunity for further discussion. A bad long-term plan can be worse than no plan. On Sep 28, 2012 11:01 PM, "Andrew Turvey" wrote: > I appreciate that recent events have overtaken things to an extent but I > wondered what the statu

[Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
I appreciate that recent events have overtaken things to an extent but I wondered what the status is with http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Five_Year_Plan? On the page ist says "This version will be discussed at a special board meeting to be held during Wikimania in Washington" - did that happen?