----- "Dedalus" <dedalus(a)wikipedia.be> wrote:
From: "Dedalus" <dedalus(a)wikipedia.be>
To: commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Sunday, 14 June, 2009 18:57:23 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Some reflections about the governance of Commons
> This Spring the WMF has initiated a year long strategy formation process ... I would
like to invite all participants in this discussion, and all participants in the [[massive
upload conflict]]s to participate this year, just started, and ending summer 2010, in the
overall Wikimedia Foundation strategy formation process.
I'd be keen to be involved as we have a mass upload project planned for some time in
the next 6-12 months. How can we do this?
> And, as far as I know, a sysop is just a technical
function, with the ability (some buttons) and not the authority to push them without
'community consent'.
Sorry, but that's very naive. Sysops are always more than a technical function - they
have authority, like it or not.
> And one last thing: Commons, like all projects,
are independent of the WMF, the Board of the WMF can't impose anything on the project.
Again, not true. WMF always has the ultimate power to step in and impose a solution
through "office actions". Not saying they necessarily should, but they can if
they need to.
Andrew