Fruggo wrote:
I believe Walter is right when he contradicts that there is a group of admins that act against the wishes of the community. When the first plans of a Dutch Wikimedia organisation were made I contributed to the discussions on the Dutch Wikimedia website and I went to a (the first?) meeting of people who were interested. It soon occurred to me that some people had very strong opinions on forming an organisation, and there was not many room for dissident opinions. I got the impression that many people thought that the organisation could/should have a say about the Dutch Wikipedia. I didn't like the way some people (who were intent on becoming a board member) seemed to force their opinion on others, so I backed out of the development of the organisation. I believe that the way dissident opinions were handled is now an important source of the fear of many Dutch Wikipedians that the Dutch foundation and association (but mostly the foundation, since that is the least democratic) will not listen to the Dutch community.
-Fruggo
I totally agree with Fruggo here.
Waerth/Walter van Kalken