I totally second James' invitation to avoid a certain tone, language and conspiracy theories. I will also add that the more those tone, language, and conspiracy theories are used in these threads, the *less* likely a good chunk of the community will participate in conversation.
If we really want to be open and inclusive, please remain civil, polite and constructive. Wikimedia-l is not a felt as a "safe space" and this is a huge problem: at least if we want meaningful, helpful, rich discussions.
This is not to say we do not have to clearly state what we think (and feel): but please, let us avoid (metaphorical) pitchforks.
Thanks.
Aubrey
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:39 AM, James Alexander jamesofur@gmail.com wrote:
I will admit that if I knew I would likely not be wiling to say without talking to others first. However I will never lie and I can honestly say that I do not.
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 2:27 AM, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Hi James Alexander,
Thanks for writing here. As a WMF insider, do you know who recommended Arnnon to the trustees for a seat on the board?
I can think of no reason why that should be a secret.
Thanks, Fae
On 10 January 2016 at 10:16, James Alexander jamesofur@gmail.com
wrote:
Oh dear god everyone... [This is in general, not any specific person]
I think everyone knows there are a lot of legitimate concerns to be concerned about and certainly Arnnon's actions at Google are legitimate
for
question however this whole "google is controlling the board/wmf" line
of
thought is turning into a huge and enormous conspiracy theory and what seems to be a giant school of red herring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring. We haven't quite yet
gotten to
"Frieda has 6 letters in her name and you know what else has 6 letters
in
it's name? GOOGLE!" but we're getting damn close. If anything the only concern about google I've heard within the actual WMF is that the "Knowledge Engine" was a plan to 'compete' against google for traffic
(for
the record my personal opinion is that would be a waste of money on something we could never succeed if true but ALSO that it isn't
actually
true at all at this point).
There are a lot of people with legitimate and understandable concerns
(in
many ways I wish I could take part in the discussion but there is just
no
good way to do that) but please let's try to keep the lines of thought
as
sane as possible (which I know is the norm for all of you so I know
it's
possible). When people get worked up and there is a lack of information
our
imagination can always get the best of us, I certainly understand that,
but
it is rarely helpful.
James User:Jamesofur User:Jalexander-WMF
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