I think there needs to a basic rule of "if you can get Max and I to disagree with you for the same reasons, you're probably in the wrong" ;p
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:20 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > rupert THURNER wrote: > >i am disappointed personally by you. you as a person, you as an american, > >and you as a board member of the foundation. > > What about Phoebe as a woman? Or Phoebe as a librarian? Or as a > brassratgirl? Horrors. > > Your unnecessary hyperbole aside, I see Phoebe's role as a Wikimedia > Foundation Board of Trustees member as being a guardian and protector of > the interests of the Wikimedia Foundation. Those interests may or may not > align with those of Wikimedia or its chapters. It would help if you could > extract portions of <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_FAQ> > and make specific and substantive criticisms of pieces you disagree with. > > Broadly, if you or anyone else is having difficulty doing > Wikimedia-related work (specifically securing funding), please feel free > to bring it up on this mailing list. There are a number of ways to receive > money from the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia, or other non-profits, > depending on the type of project you're working on and your needs. > > >because "trust" is mentioned: the FAQ and the minutes are written by a > >lawyer now, who has maximum 300 wikipedia edits as his lifetime > >achievement. > > Sorry, but this seems to be nothing more than scurrilous stupidity. Say > what you will about lawyers, but this particular lawyer has over 600 edits > to the English Wikipedia and has (in conjunction with his bot) over > 175,000 edits to the English Wikisource. > > Play nice, Rupert. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
