On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:45 PM Željko Blaće <zbl...@mi2.hr> wrote: > > Thank you for publishing this, but in all honesty it feels as a bit > too little too late. > > After a quick reading of the summary I am somewhat disappointed that > the investigation commissioned by WMF was so reductive in presenting > the complexity of the situation (it is not all about the language) and > keeping it content centric *(with very few people/social centric > observations). WMF also did not reflect on more than a decade of > itself being a more-less passive observer (if even observer) of > frustrations of contributors to Wikipedia in Croatian language* > (calling it Croatian Wikipedia is a part of the problem as it adds to > the nation-state perception of Wikipedia). In this decade aspirations > with UCoC makes me wonder how WMF's lack of action would pass here? > > For Wikipedians who spent over a decade asking for help *(many have > burned out and will not return even now that situation is better) it > would likely be useful to hear some kind of a sign of apology for the > lack of interest, oversight and support on the WMF side. As for the > recommendations presented, these at best may be well intended but also > seem fairly technocratic in approach and naive at what the capacities > and conditions of work are in the wider context and in the project > itself. > > Best Z. Blace
Minor update - second biggest TV broadcaster in Croatia covered the story with few mistakes and good intentions, as well as a naive conclusion that all is resolved now and also thanks to the research by WMF :-/ https://www.rtl.hr/vijesti-hr/novosti/hrvatska/4057588/hrvatska-wikipedija-napokon-prestaje-biti-leglo-dezinformacija-povijesnog-revizionizma-i-relativiziranja-ratnih-zlocina/ Best Z. Blace _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/OKJ3NQBJASF2UHMY2IFKJGV5KE34ESME/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
