True, but not everyone reads the VP on each project: take Wikidata for
example. There are a fair few people who don't read it at all! A mass
message would be better, an email or banner to people better still - but it
depends on who exactly you want the opinion of! "Community" is a big term
:-)
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On 7 October 2015 at 15:35, Steinsplitter Wiki <steinsplitter-wiki(a)live.com>
wrote:
You can post on VP that there is such a poll on :m:
Common sense.
From: richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 14:39:11 +0100
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by Signpost
Steinsplitter, with respect (and I mean that!), I don't think a poll on
meta would be enough. For something this big, either we get the views of
the community as a whole - including those who don't read meta - or we
come
up with another way (eg a committee). A small
poll on meta would not be
representative enough.
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of
a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
On 7 October 2015 at 12:04, Steinsplitter Wiki <
steinsplitter-wiki(a)live.com>
wrote:
> A small poll on meta would be enough.
>
> > From: josephfoxwiki(a)gmail.com
> > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 19:14:59 +0000
> > To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by
Signpost
> >
> > If you want the views of everyone on every project... then yes, I do.
> >
> > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 20:14 MF-Warburg <mfwarburg(a)googlemail.com>
wrote:
> >
> > > Do you really believe the community consists of several 100.000
people?
> >
Am 06.10.2015 21:01 schrieb "Joseph Fox" <josephfoxwiki(a)gmail.com
:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 17:27 Steinsplitter Wiki <
> > > > steinsplitter-wiki(a)live.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > To be honest: I am not surprised at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > Wikimedia Foundation is becoming moor and moor centralized.
They no
> > > > longer
> > > > > care about the community, even if there is huge community
consensus
> > > about
> > > > > something.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is there a secret committee needed? It is easier to ask the
> > > > community.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > While I agree it's important to sort things with the community
(since
> > > that
> > > > is the lifeblood of the projects), are you seriously suggesting
that
> it's
> > > > easier to gauge the consensus of hundreds of thousands of people
> rather
> > > > than make a decision in a smaller committee, secret or otherwise?
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I am disappointed
> > > > >
> > > > > > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 18:13:13 -0400
> > > > > > From: nawrich(a)gmail.com
> > > > > > To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > > > > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped
by
> Signpost
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Evidently the Signpost has scooped the WMF by revealing
that
> Montreal
> > > > has
> > > > > > been selected for the 2017 Wikimania host city in a secret
> process
> > > that
> > > > > > completed this past August. [1]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It seems like the community could have been looped into
this
new
> > > method
> > > > > > before it was a done deal.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ~Nathan
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-30/News_…
> > > > > >
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