All right.
I got an answer
The banners set up on Dec 1 have been reduced to "minimum
visibility" on 1 dec 2016 14:00, after 13 hours and 18 minutes
of entering into the contest.
This has been done by WMF staff member Seddon, with no
information to us at all.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Seddon_(WMF)
This is not the first time this happens. A similar situation
occurred with other contests I hear and I can also add that
Seddon obviously purposely prevented the set up of the site
notice requested and approved during the destubathon.
This is plain
sabotage. A complete loss of energy
and time for volunteers working on WLA contest. And a loss of
money for Wikimedia Foundation funding the contest. And a loss
of money for donators as well.
The thing I do not know is whether Seddon is doing that at the
personal level for reasons I can not identify, or whether this
is the result of an explicit request from his managers.
So I will not blame Seddon by default, as he may just be doing
what his boss is telling him to do.
The only way of knowing is in raising the issue with the HR
departement, which is what I am going to do RIGHT NOW.
I will wait their answer before raising the case officially on
wikimedia mailing list but I consider this a completely
unacceptable situation. It goes without saying that our
willingness to try to reach the metrics of success described in
the grant agreement is void.
Also, please help me track the log of banner visibility changes
on meta :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CentralNoticeLogs&offset=20161201155410&limit=20
If you see anyone changing the WLA banners set up back to
minimum visibility, please send me a note.
I will track once a day myself to limit risks of further
sabotage.
Florence
PS: Africa.. think of all the work we do... us... members on
this list... our dedication... to try to bridge the gap and get
more africans and Africa content on this encyclopedia.
Think... of who is deliberately sabotaging our efforts.
For what ? For which reasons ? There are no other banners
currently running above African countries. We are not preventing
WMF to raise more money. We are not damaging anyone else
communication. We are not bothering anyone. Just trying
desperately to get more african participants on this
encylopedia. So why ? Why ? Why ?
Le 15/12/2016 à 10:14, Felix Nartey a écrit :