Thanks Erik, for looking into it constructively. Looking forward to the report and the learnings from the assessment.
Best regards, Bence On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Eric, in this thread you are officially speaking for the WMF. Does the > > WMF really want to say it is "ethical" to have different > > accountability rules for funding organizations that want to use the > > Wikimedia brand because there are different rules for the rich? > > No, that's not the point. The point is that a grant given to us goes > through a different process than, say, a grant from us to WMFR, and > that necessarily leads to different practices -- the grant-giver has > their own expectations on how to do accounting, reporting, etc. > > The project was publicly announced through a blog post, the > responsibilities for the Wikipedian in Residence were publicly posted, > and the user in question publicly disclosed their affiliation (that > disclosure didn't, but should have, included more details including > the WMF sponsorship). The edits are, as any, a matter of public record > and easily scrutinized, criticized, and corrected or reverted if > needed, to fully expose Harvard's evil agenda and the secret workings > of the reptilian order which most WMF senior staff are part of. > > Timothy noted [1] hat there's a report which he compiled as part of > his residency. I've reached out to Lisa, and we're looking into > publishing the report at the earliest opportunity. Hopefully this will > make it possible to collectively draw some more conclusions about the > project. I've added [2] the residency to the public directory and also > created a holding space for capturing observations and conclusions. > [3] Contributions welcome, and I hope we can avoid personalizing > things as I'm sure Timothy worked in good faith and did his best to > meet the expectations of the project. :) > > Cheers, > Erik > > [1] > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Timothysandole&diff=600543335&oldid=600410517 > [2] > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedian_in_Residence&diff=65415&oldid=65414 > [3] > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence/Harvard_University_assessment > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
