Anthere-
You can't claim that there is no objection when
people are not even
aware of something going on. You can't pretend the foundation list is
a channel of information read by anyone. Nowhere is written that this
is mandatory.
The Foundation list is effectively our cross-project announcement list.
I also posted to the international Wikinews mailing list. I'm sick of
people complaining that this or that hasn't been announced in this or
that place. In any case, as I have already said, I don't think it
matters at all if some French editors feel Wikinews is a bad idea. They
had their chance to vote. If there's anything *specific* to the French
community about Wikinews, that would be interesting to know. So far I
haven't heard it.
Given the opposition there was on the project, I think
it would have
been appreciated that you at least mention the creation over there.
As I responded to Yann, I announced it in the #fr.wikipedia IRC channel,
and <phe> posted an announcement on the Pump after I did.
Powerless user ?
Yes. Any privileges I may have can be instantly revoked by the Board, of
which you are a member. All my actions were taken in accordance with
previous agreements with the Board and written procedures that have been
sitting there for months.
When a criteria must mention that an editor must be
able to edit a
wiki for its vote to be valid, I think we are reaching a level of
bureaucracy that goes too far.
Not at all. This is a substantial requirement for something like
Wikinews, with lots of signatures to check for whether they have or have
not edited in that language - and if they haven't, it still doesn't give
you the secure knowledge that they can't. Instead of this rather complex
procedure, I have used a simple one, namely, 5 users with user pages
pledge to edit the project, and we assume good faith that their pledge
is serious. That doesn't mean I oppose the requirement, but it makes the
creation of new languages a substantially more time-consuming process
than it is now.
You only made possible the existence of a local wiki
with extremely
little support and broken rules.
Stop accusing me of breaking rules. Which rule did I break? Put up or
shut up.
Regards,
Erik