Gerard, I'm not advocating ignoring anyone. Decisions have to be made and they will be made by the Foundation. The best decisions will be made when they consult the community. It may be that the decision that they eventually take will be for a course of action supported by the majority, or it may be for a course of action supported by a minority. In neither case are they being ignored.
You, like the rest of us, have the opportunity to present facts and arguments to the WMF in support of the decision you favour. JPS On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 5:56 AM Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jennifer, > So you did not say it because you did not do the researce but when a > minority of our community does not identify themselves as "Wikipedians" it > does not matter. Sorry, but that is EXACTLY what I said. What you indicate > is that a minority may be ignored. Why else do "the research" but to > provide grounds to change "the brand" anyway? > > As to problems with projects, Wikipedia has its problems with citations as > you indicate in another mail. At Wikidata a whole lot of effort is ongoing > to include items for sources used for citations in all the Wikipedias. At > the same time there is new functionality to find/focus on those instances > where citations are lacking using AI. At some stage these two developments > will meet. We know about other issues in Wikipedias and as you may know, > Wikipedians are stubborn, uncooperative and reject what others have to > offer. > > To put it bluntly, the majority smothers the minority, prevents others from > bringing new developments to a state where it obviously improves on the > old. Past experience shows there will always be a vocal group from the > majority preventing change. > > Wikipedia as a brand will prove destructive. > Thanks, > GerardM > > > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 at 18:16, Jennifer Pryor-Summers < > jennifer.pryorsumm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Gerard > > > > > > > > So it is ok to deny the minority that insists they are not? > > > > > > I didn't say that at all. I merely suggest that the reality is that > the > > majority of volunteers take a certain view of themselves (that they are > > Wikpedians first and foremost ), and that the ones who take a different > > view of themselves (that they are Wikmedians first and foremost) are in > the > > minority. That is a proposition which is capable of being tested: I have > > not done that test. If it were to turn out to be true, as I sugest it > is, > > that would not be to "deny the minority", it would simply be to state > that > > the minority turns out as a matter of fact to be a minority. > > > > JPS > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
