I want to express respect for this discussion and re-iterate two favorite points:
Erik says: "I haven't done an extensive survey, but I suspect all the major Wikipedia languages largely agree in their presentation on climate change. If so, that is itself a notable fact, given the amount of politicization of the topic. Many readers/donors may be curious how such agreement comes about in the absence of top-down editorial control. Speaking about the remarkable process by which Wikipedia tackles contentious topics may be a less potentially divisive way for WMF to speak about what's happening in the real world." And Risker points out that scientific consensus changes and offers some great examples (too long to paste, timestamp on the message is Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:41 AM). We are part of a small group of people that's figured out how to document human consciousness and awareness, as dynamic as it is. I think it's a lot to ask to capture this fairly in the annual report, but it seems we're giving it an honest try. I'm really honestly in awe of this collaborative effort. And I had similar initial reactions to the annual report as others on this thread. On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anna, > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 7:46 AM, you wrote: > > > [...] > > And I'm struggling with a process problem (not one of substance) that I > > don't know how to solve. I truly don't. And it's kind of killing me. > > > > We (people who work and volunteer at the WMF) need a way to get feedback. > > We need a way to be accountable and responsive. We all want that. And I > > actually believe that we are all working in good faith toward that. > > > It would help us all to help you if you could indicate what resources you > expect to be able to devote to this way of being accountable and responsive > that you are working towards, so that we can match the scale and scope of > our suggestion to what you will make available. When you write of it being > a matter of process not substance, does that mean that you have no new > resources to allocate to this new way of working tover and above what you > have already? > > "Rogol" > _______________________________________________ > 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>
