Hello Chris (or Jethro)! Thanks for taking time to reply.
Is it the WMF's view that Wikimania in its current form is
broken and change is needed - if so who represents that view to the
community? (Or if not, what *is* the WMF's view?)
It is fair to say that our team does view the past planning process for Wikimania (i.e. 2015 and prior) as problematic and not feasible, for the reasons described in the consultation itself.[1]
Great. I thought that table of issues was helpful, though wasn't quite clear whose it was (so to speak). If the answer is "it's generally the view of the WMF staff working with this", that is good to know.
- I don't see a 55-47 vote on a menu of 3 options as being a particularly
strong indication of community consensus. Indeed, it's pretty clear
there
isn't a consensus, and it would be a shame if people proceeded on the
basis
that "There was a consultation and the answer was X - so we're doing X". That said, I would be really happy to hear voices from the WMF or the Wikimania Committee saying "The important factors we see are X, Y and Z. From the consultation showed lots of other people were thinking X and Y (though less Z) and P and Q were also important which we hadn't thought about. As a result, we are intending to do: This.
For now, I'll point to this response I made to a similar question on the discussion page,[2] but I can elaborate more on this if you'd like.
Yes please, that would be helpful!
Chris
[1] <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania#What_...
[2] <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Towards_a_N...