John Lee wrote:
As Thomas says, if the foundation did not hush things up so much, we would not be so inclined to attribute omniscience to them. I suppose some degree of privacy is necessary, but this is the cost we have to bear for that.
I just have to say that I think it is utter and complete nonsense for anyone to ever accuse the Wikimedia Foundation in any serious way of being the kind of organization that tries to hush things up.
My goodness.
I have been involved in a lot of different kinds of organizations in my career, on the board of nonprofits, for-profits, worked in corporations, univerities, etc. And I have never seen any organization in the entire world, bar none, with a greater track record of absolute and nearly pathological transparency about everything.
--Jimbo