On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 4:18 PM James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Wikipedia should support any political movement that makes > > people's lives better because they will then have more time to edit > > Wikipedia," is an incredibly dubious line of reasoning. It would > literally > > cover anything in politics.... > > On the contrary, by definition, it would be restricted to the subset > of ways to make people's lives better which also allow them more time > to edit. The contrapositive of 'because' is 'is caused by.' > > If campaign finance reform makes people's lives better and allows them > more time to edit, then there would seem to be five categories: > 'active opposition,' 'inactive opposition,' 'silence,' 'inactive > support,' 'active support.' Obviously the Board wants to do what > supports the community, employees, donors, and readership, not > necessarily in that order. > > Nah, of course all these things do. Tax cuts? Well, I don't have to work as hard at work, leaving me more editing time! Tax increases? With more services, I won't have to work as hard to make money, leaving me more editing time! Free blueberry pancake deliveries? Ever make blueberry pancakes? Takes forever, freeing up more editing time! My family turned into delicious sausages? Between holidays, birthdays, and random errands mom calls me for help with, it's taking up valuable editing time! And so on. You can make a tortured case for *anything* someone wants to see as increasing editing time. _______________________________________________ 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>
