Well, Wil, I caught your early posts there and was of the impression you joined to protect the privacy of a member of your family. And out of respect for that I declined to ask the question you seemed to be begging to be asked.
You wouldn't be the first Wikimedian who felt that was a necessary action. Risker On 23 May 2014 21:36, Wil Sinclair <w...@wllm.com> wrote: > > Doesn't it strike you as odd that the question came from an active > > wikipediocracy memeber? > > Honestly, I hadn't thought about it. I'm much more interested in the > question that who asked it. > > > You know where 4chan is I assume. > > No, actually. Can you tell me? What is it? > > > Again you cite free speech. In effect you're saying that the most > > compelling thing you can say for your activity is that it's not literally > > illegal (XKCD 1357 alt text) > > I agree this is a bit confusing. I don't mean it in a legal sense- > which one might well argue that's the only sense it has- but in a more > social sense. I ask that if you don't like what I'm doing or saying, > that you take it out on me by excising your own right to free speech > by criticizing me, my actions, and my words- not on Lila through WP > politics. > > > Thats your opinion. Wikipedia is a fairly mature project at this point. > We > > are where we are as the result of over a decade of refinement by > thousands > > of people with each of those refinements destruction tested against > > whatever the internet can throw at them. > > Yeap. It's my opinion. And I also think that Wikipedia is an amazing > achievement. Congrats and thanks to all of you! > > > Given the size of the project and your fairly breath interaction with it > > what makes you think that you are in a position to make that judgement? > > Sorry, what do you mean by "breath interaction"? > > > Not really. The issue had already been brought up on a thread on > > wikipediocracy that you were posting on. Makes your claim that "I'm just > > asking what the current policies are." lack a certain credibility. > > Ah. Sorry. I was referring to the questions I asked on this list. > After discussing it there, I wanted to figure out what the current > policies were from the source. It was pretty hard to track down > everything on WP and WM, so thanks everyone for all the links! Do you > have the link to that thread? Maybe we should post it so that people > can see what you're talking about. > > > The relevant talk page has over 100 entries in its archives. > > Are you saying that I should discuss it there instead? > > > I'm not aware of anyone planning to have you arrested. The US right to > free > > speech involves governments something wikipedia is not. Sure wikipedia is > > pretty extreme on the spectrum on the degree of speech is will allow but > > that doesn't change the fact your right to free speech is between you and > > your government. > > Sure. I may not have used the right word. My apologies. I meant, > please don't hold my words and actions against Lila in any way. Feel > free to hold me to them, tho. :) > > > This is a mailing list for dealing with cross project issues. It isn't > for > > getting to know people. > > Ah. I guess I'll look for other places to get to know people. I'm > really sorry to have bothered you here. > > > Eh as long as you stick to the relevant venue which is not really this > > mailing list. This is for people who already have the knowledge base and > > are trying to move into genuinely new areas or have hit an issue that > can't > > be dealt with through the usual project level channels. > > Yeah. It sounds like I really just barged in to the wrong place. Doh! > > > So not an editor? > > Actually, I'm editing some. I'm about to publish an article about the > modular sofa in the WMF office. It happens to be among my favorite > furniture designs, and now I've got a great pic to use in the article. > In addition, I plan to add some audio loops that I have made over the > years doing electronic music to Commons. It would be really cool for > people to have completely free loops to use in applications like > Garage Band and FL Studio. Stay tuned! > > I guess I'll see y'all around somewhere else. > ,Wil > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
