[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediauk-l] Using list moderation as censorship

Hi Darcy, I am concerned at what appears to be deliberate suppression of questions raising governance related issues from the wikimedia UK email list. The email below is an example. The list was always intended to be independent of the UK chapter, though one of the moderators is one of your employees. Could you please confirm that neither you, nor your employees, are manipulating this public list to your political advantage. Thanks, Fae ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> Date: 18 November 2014 at 19:24 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: geniice(a)gmail.com, Harry Mitchell <hjmitchell(a)ymail.com> It would be nice to hear from the board how this was discussed before offering the interim position. After all, in the several interviews I took part in for WMUK staff, pretty much the first basic question was along the lines of 'have you ever edited Wikipedia?' as a way of assessing what the candidate knows about Wikimedia; so I can not believe this would come as a surprise considering how sensitive the board is on COI and its perception by our community. Fae On 18 November 2014 19:13, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote.