On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Matthew Roth <mr...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Tom Morris <t...@tommorris.org> wrote: > > > > > Ideally we would have also had the blog post synced up to be online > > immediately at the same time as the release. > > The blog post went up at the same time as the release, 8 am PST, the > time we had planned to lift the embargo.Sorry Matthew - I should have > confirmed that point with you. And to clarify: * Jay Walsh wrote: >>I'm amused that this thread commenced with a reflection about the need to >>distribute press releases at the appropriate global time window and has >>rolled into this. I've been at this for five years and this is the first >>time I've seen so much attention paid to the manner we communicate with the >>world. >Putting an extremely large and annoying banner on top of every Wikipedia >article is difficult to ignore for many people. I should have pointed out above that I was referring with the way Communications at WMF communicates with the world. Really the use of central notice is a separate aspect of the communication of this project, and one that was led independently, outside of the Foundation. Which honestly is a good thing - I appreciate that our community has the ability to develop and direct a message to millions of people, and that for the vast majority of situations (whether it's WMF or a volunteer, chapter etc) we are really respectful of people's attention, the project values etc when issuing a message on central notice etc. And I will also confirm that, yes, it would be totally ideal to have all ducks in a row (press, blog, social media, central notice) so that true communications strategy can unfold. Stuff like this is always going to be slightly imperfect - but honestly, this is what I like about our overall approach to corporate communications (that is, the kind of communications a group does on behalf of a specific org, institution, business) - that we are not in complete control like a corporation would be. I try to do our absolute maximum to be open, transparent, professional, and responsive when it comes to communications, but I'm glad we're not air-tight and straight-laced and message-managed. Our movement is really at the fringe when it comes to open and direct communication with our audience. That's what makes being a part of the movement really fascinating. -- Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l