On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Yair Rand <yyairr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > "Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. > It > > is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to > > learn, to share our knowledge with others." > > > > The point is, > you are implicitly assuming that a public park or a library, > the right to have "a temple for the mind", "a place we can all go to think, > to learn, > to share our knowledge with others", > are thing that are not inherently political. > > You're simply wrong. No. As others have, you are attacking an argument that is not being made. Yair did not claim that the Wikimedia movement's goals are apolitical; he has simply asked that its political activity be restricted to its mission, as the WMF's own internal policy evidently requires. While permitting free travel for those with valid visas is certainly within that scope, it's unclear how free movement for refugees can be. GerardM claims that "we" have common values, and seems to be utterly convinced as to what those values are - and lucky for him, they perfectly match his own. I suppose that means there is no place in Wikimedia for anyone who would happily support the movement mission but disagrees with Gerard's other unrelated political positions. If the WMF's voice continues to be used to declare its position on this or that (and there will be many opportunities and entreaties to do so), that is the message some will draw. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
