<div dir="ltr">Please don't make such repeated orders.<div><br></div><div>We can take our own decisions. Fow now the questin is being discussed but blocking dicussions by organizeing a boycott is counter-productive. I don't support your public call made in a hurry, even if I understand your motivations.<div>
<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-15 17:52 GMT+02:00 Tomasz W. Kozłowski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:twkozlowski@gmail.com" target="_blank">twkozlowski@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi translators,<br>
in light of the events of the last weekend, I would strongly suggest<br>
to everyone to consider not translating those two pages in protest<br>
against the Foundation's disrespectful treatment of the volunteer<br>
community — that is, of us all.<br>
<br>
It is clear to me that the Foundation no longer considers the<br>
volunteer community an equal partner; a partner who is able to make<br>
its own decisions, and a partner who is able to sort out its own<br>
internal disagreements through discussion and consensus.<br>
<br>
Please remember that your volunteer contributions to fundraising pages<br>
directly sustain such actions of the Foundation. Your work helps them<br>
save time and effort that they would otherwise have to invest in<br>
recruiting, training and managing new employees, and saves them money<br>
they would otherwise have to spend on professional translations.<br>
<br>
Suspending translation of fundraising pages brings pressure on the<br>
Foundation, and makes them re-consider the importance and value of the<br>
volunteers community, which can hopefully lead to the reversal of the<br>
unacceptable changes of the past weekend.<br>
<br>
There are many ways to help the Wikimedia movement while<br>
simultaneously expressing dissatisfaction at the recent actions of the<br>
Foundations — there are thousands of messages in the MediaWiki<br>
software and its extensions, and user manuals and help pages that<br>
await translation.<br>
<br>
If you disagree with the actions of the Foundation, please consider<br>
expressing your dismay by withdrawing your help in translating<br>
fundraising pages and focusing your efforts on those areas that help<br>
your fellow volunteer Wikimedians.<br>
<br>
Thank you so much for reading and for your consideration.<br>
<br>
Tomasz W. Kozlowski<br>
a.k.a. [[user:odder]]<br>
volunteer Wikimedia contributor<br>
<br>
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