On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have no idea what the board members are saying on
the internal-L mailing
list; however, if they're expressing concerns about behaviour there,
they might want to actually mention it onwiki on the projects where there
are concerns. Themselves. Wearing their Board hat, rather than their "I'm
just an editor" hat. They're actually selected to be leaders of the WMF, and
it would make it a darn sight easier to change community practices if the
Trustees would be much more public in their pronouncements and sharing their
experiences and observations. Internal-L is the last place where that will
be helpful, with its extremely restrictive distribution and chapter-heavy
membership.
Risker/Anne
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Risker has pinned the issue; what the English Wikipedia suffers from
is a lack of leadership. The global, decentralised, community
self-managed nature of Wikipedia has allowed for many great things...
but it has its drawbacks, among them the complete inability to enforce
social norms.