Another thread thats digressed from its original question but right through
the discussion not one person raised the concept that that the WMF is a
charity (An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a
charitable purpose) our purpose is to share the sum of all knowledge, think
about that for one minute
Nothing in that defines the WMF purpose as being a high-tech corporation,
we use technology to share knowledge but technology is one of our tools not
our purpose, we could inefficiently achieve our purpose by printing on
paper and delivering a copy to every person along with regular updates.
We can redefine the purpose of the WMF to;
*providing the technology to share the sum of all knowledge*
I doubt that would get the same level of donations that are currently
being received, but it would release the WMF from the need to support
things like Wikimania, WMCONF, local communities and those pesky volunteers
who create content. It would also mean that the WMF wouldn't have to worry
about issues every time a now gadget is rolled out the WMF could build all
the gadgets it wanted regardless of whether they work or are implemented.
We need to be building something an uneducated truck driver can use as
readily as a professor can, technology is our tool not our purpose
On 28 February 2016 at 06:21, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 27 February 2016 at 16:41, SarahSV
<sarahsv.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Florence
Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I would love to see the WMF agree never again to discuss trapping editors
in feedback loops intended to keep them editing,
I've never, ever seen the WMF (or any other Wikimedia community or
organization) suggest trapping editors in feedback loops. Wanting
community members to stay (or finding out why they're leaving) is not
"trapping" anyone.
Risker/Anne
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