Kaya Have we put the ostrich back, where does this go from here? Have we decided to learn and make an effort or have we reached the inevitable impasse where everyone hopes the issue has been forgotten about.
There was a reasonable (though I think unlikely) possibility that contributors in Australia could lose Google as a platform, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-16/google-search-departure-devastate-australian-small-business/13156958 <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-16/google-search-departure-devastate-australian-small-business/13156958>. While that looks even less likely google is already offering pay for services and limiting "free" services like gmail and google docs. The only assurity the WMF can give about equity, privacy, and access is through its own services, or services that it hosts. The movement needs to be looking at its sustainability in the face of increased government impact on the ultra large corporate services we are using to operate On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 20:10, Tomasz Ganicz <polime...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, both ZEUS and CiviCRM works well in many NGO-ses. It is just a > subject of proper maintenance. Actually, a piece of free software called > MediaWiki is probably more complicated to maintain than CiviCRM or > Wordpress but WMF is able to maintain it pretty well :-) I believe that > organization able to successfully maintain the largest MediaWiki based > projects on Earth could also manage to organize free software based survey > system... This is a subject of priorities rather than resources... > > > > > > pon., 15 lut 2021 o 02:08 Łukasz Garczewski < > lukasz.garczew...@wikimedia.pl> napisał(a): > >> With respect, Fae, if you're going to propose banning an existing >> solution, it is on you to propose a suitable alternative or at least a >> process to find it before the ban takes effect. >> >> I write this as a signatory of Free Software Foundation Europe's Public >> Money? Public Code open letter <https://publiccode.eu/openletter/>. I am >> wholeheartedly a proponent of open source software. >> >> At the same time, I am a firm believer in using the best available tool >> for the job. >> >> Our mission is too important to hold ourselves back at every step due to >> a noble but often unrealistic wish to use open source solutions for >> everything we do. >> >> Last year, because of my drive to use proper open source solutions, WMPL >> wasted hours and hours of staff time (mostly mine) and a not insignificant >> amount of members' time because: >> >> - Zeus, a widely used, cryptographically secure voting system is >> impossible to setup and maintain and has very sparse documentation, >> - CiviCRM, the premier open source CRM solution for NGOs, refuses to >> work correctly after the Wordpress installation is moved to a new URL, and >> documentation isn't helpful. >> >> To my knowledge there are no suitable open source options that would be >> easy-to-use and robust enough to support our needs in both cases and be >> comparable to commercial counterparts. >> >> I have wasted a ton of time (and therefore WMPL money), before I decided >> to use state-of-the-art commercial solutions for the needs described above. >> Don't be like me. Don't make other people think & act like I did. Be >> smarter. >> >> Should we use an *equivalent* open source solution when one is >> available? Yes. >> Should we have a public list of open source tools needed? Yes. >> Should we use programmes such as Google Summer of Code to build those >> tools? Yes. >> >> Should we waste time using sub-par solutions or doing work manually? Hell >> no. >> >> *So here's a constructive alternative idea:* >> >> - Let's gather the needs and use cases for tools used by WMF and >> affiliates, >> - Let's build a list of potential open source replacements and map >> what features are missing, >> - Let's put the word out that we're looking for open source >> replacements where there are none available, >> - Let's embed Wikimedia liaisons in key open source projects to >> ensure our needs and use cases are addressed promptly, >> - Let's use initiatives such as Summer of Code to kickstart building >> some of these tools. >> >> I acknowledge the above is much harder to do than instituting a ban via >> community consensus. It is, however, a much more productive approach and >> will get us to your desired state eventually, and without sabotaging the >> work that needs to happen in the meantime. >> >> Oh, and in case anybody's wondering why we can't build these tools >> in-house: >> >> We could but really, really shouldn't. MediaWiki and the wider Wikimedia >> tech infrastructure is still in need of huge improvements. It would be >> really unwise to distract WMF's development and product teams from these >> goals by requesting they build standard communication or reporting tools. >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 4:42 PM Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> As a consequence of the promotion of a Google forms based survey this >>> week by a WMF representative, a proposal on Wikimedia Commons has been >>> started to ban the promotion of surveys which rely on third party >>> sites like Google Forms.[1] >>> >>> Launched today, but already it appears likely that this proposal will >>> have a consensus to support. Considering that Commons is one of our >>> largest Wikimedia projects, there are potential repercussions of >>> banning the on-wiki promotion of surveys which use Google products or >>> other closed source third party products like SurveyMonkey. >>> >>> Feedback is most welcome on the proposal discussion, or on this list >>> for handling impact, solutions, recommended alternatives that already >>> exist, or the future role of the WMF to support research and surveys >>> for the WMF and affiliates by using forking open source software and >>> self-hosting and self-managing data "locally". >>> >>> Links >>> 1. >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Proposals#Use_of_off-wiki_surveys_using_third-party_tools >>> >>> Thanks >>> Fae >>> -- >>> fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae >>> #WearAMask >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Z poważaniem · Kind regards >> >> Łukasz Garczewski >> >> Dyrektor ds. operacyjnych · Chief Operating Officer >> >> Wikimedia Polska >> >> >> tel: +48 601 827 937 >> >> e-mail: lukasz.garczew...@wikimedia.pl >> >> <http://wikimedia.pl> >> >> Wesprzyj wolną wiedzę! >> Przekaż 1% podatku lub wpłać darowiznę na rzecz Wikipedii >> <https://wikimedia.pl/> >> >> ul. 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