which of Juergen's statements do you mean?
do you have any evidence for the contrary?
Hi Aaron, which of Juergen's statements do you mean?
my question is: do you have any evidence for the contrary?
best, Claudia
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From:Aaron Halfaker <aaron.halfaker@gmail.com>
To:Research into Wikimedia content and communities <wiki-research-
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Sent:Thu, 4 Jun 2015 09:55:02 -0500
Subject:Re: [Wiki-research-l] Community health (retitled thread)
> Hi Juergen, That's an interesting hypothesis. Do
> you have any evidence to support it?
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Juergen Fenn
> <jfenn@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Am 04.06.2015 um 16:33 schrieb Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Context: reduced traffic on wikimedia-l.
> > > Is this a sign of poor community health?
> >
> > Reduced traffic on Wikimedia-l is mostly due to list moderation. All
> > critical content has been filtered for a while. I became aware of it only
> > recently when I posted a critical remark which was rejected.
> >
> > The Foundation has not only introduced Superprotect and Superban, it
has
> > also got a firm grip on all communication channels whatsoever. This will
> > intensify as, we have just learned, new staff will be hired for
> > communication. The WMF no longer needs the community, it does all the
> > traffic itself (staff, chapters, etc.).
> >
> > Of course this shift from crowdsourcing to staff has to be paid for, hence
> > the interest in an ever-increasing flow of donations and hence the
interest
> > in the Alexa ranking of Wikipedia.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jürgen.
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