2008/11/2 Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
Or shall we make it "public viewing, restricted editing-posting" now?
That would be my vote. I see no benefit to secrecy. (I'm not entirely sure there's a benefit to restricted editing of the wiki, either, although restricted posting to the mailing list may help keep things running smoothly.)
The request of Florence was for a "collaborative space" for chapters, IMHO but she can confirm, the access should be restricted to the members of local chapters.
There is a big difference between restricting it to members of chapters and restricting it to board members of chapters. The former is an option, but I see little point - why shouldn't we value the contributions of members of the community that live in countries which don't have a chapter yet? Obviously, the final decision needs to be made by actual chapters (well, the final decision is actually made by the WMF board under the advice of chapters - chances are they'll just rubber stamp whatever decision the chapters make, but they don't have to - hopefully if they have a problem with the chapters' plans they'll speak up during the discussion phase rather than rejecting the idea once it is fully formed).