[WikiEN-l] In development--BLP task force

[Marc Riddell]

on 8/5/09 4:33 PM, David Goodman at dgoodmanny at gmail.com wrote:

> enWP has pretty
> clearly demonstrated its lack of support for any committees not either
> open to all who wish to participate, or else chosen by the enWP
> community as a whole.

Yes, that is quite clear.

> I accepted membership in a committee chosen by
> ArbCom, under the assumption it would be generally supported. Having
> found out my assumption was wrong, I can't say I'd want to repeat the
> embarrassing experience.

I had a similar experience where the committee was chosen at the Foundation
level, and I regret it to this day.
> 
> I urge those--like myself-- considering applying to do as I intend to
> do, which is to wait till the community has given its support.
> 
Excellent advice, David.

Marc Riddell

> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Carcharoth<carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Bod Notbod<bodnotbod at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Cary Bass<cary at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Given the recent Board Resolution on BLPs, I'm in the process of
>>>> structuring a Biographies of Living Persons task force,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the info. It would be handy if you could tell us what the
>>> board resolutions are.
>> 
>> I think it is this one:
>> 
>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Biographies_of_living_people
>> 
>> Carcharoth
>> 
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