Philippe Beaudette wrote:
On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:00 AM,
wikien-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
Apparently people should use edit summaries and
only use American
English. Agree with the first, disagree with the second (Americans
asserting ownership on spelling is a negative rather than a positive
factor); but both these matters were settled five years ago. I do
think
it's a mistake to be so reactive in terms of what is in the
newspapers,
for a strategy discussion; that's a PR matter.
Charles,
You think that issues of Community Health weren't on our radar screen
long before the Wall Street Journal wrote about them? :)
No, but I can think much better ways of framing the question than
following up WSJ article would lead to. Studies and articles written by
people not really aware of how our communities function are not really
good places to start, if the issue is how to improve that functioning.
It seems pretty clear that if you frame the question too loosely, you
get a recital of some beefs that are brought up whatever the occasion.
Charles