I would guess that about 90% of the donors have never been aware of the values, but have no data to support that guess. Do you have better data? Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rogol Domedonfors Sent: Thursday, 02 March 2017 9:23 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] More politics: "WMF Annual Report" Pine, Recall that the Foundation have rewritten their values to include "we seek to continually improve ourselves, our projects, our communities, our world.", see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Values/2016_discussion/Synthesis The previous version https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Values&oldid=16352103 was all about knowledge. But now, "Our vision is about more than providing universal access to all forms of knowledge. It’s about creating an inclusive culture" WMF has taken on an explicitly political mission, to improve the word not merely by the dissemination of knowledge, but by direct intervention. I do not recall that being discussed with the Community, and I wonder what the donors think? "Rogol" On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've written several drafts today in response to this thread, all of > which came out as as rather energetic. > > There are some reputable organizations for which I like and for which > the tone of the "main page" of this report would be appropriate. WMF > is not one of them. I would ask the people who approved the final > version of this publication (particularly those in senior management) > to carefully reflect on whether they are working for the organization > that is right for them. If they want to continue to work for WMF, I > would ask them to carefully read and focus on the WMF mission, and be > religious about staying on that mission when making decisions on > behalf of WMF. Outside of WMF it's fine to engage in many kinds of > advocacy, but inside of WMF, this kind of tilt is a strategic liability both > to WMF and to Wikipedia. > > Pine > _______________________________________________ > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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> ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7998 / Virus Database: 4756/14042 - Release Date: 03/01/17 _______________________________________________ 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>
