On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Overall, I think Sue's post was an effort to move
the conversation
away from thinking of this issue purely in the terms of the debate as
it's taken place so far. I think that's a very worthwhile thing to do.
I would also point out that lots of good and thoughtful ideas have
been collected at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/Next_steps/en
IMO the appropriate level of WMF attention to this issue is to 1) look
for simple technical help that we can give the community, 2) use the
resources that WMF and chapters have (in terms of dedicated, focused
attention) to help host conversations in the communities, and bring
new voices into the debate, to help us all be the best possible
versions of ourselves. And as Sue said, we shouldn't demonize each
other in the process. Everyone's trying to think about these topics in
a serious fashion, balancing many complex interests, and bringing
their own useful perspective.
Erik
Erik, if you really want to change the focus of the debate, suggest to
Sue and the board that they make a commitment: that an image filter
won't be imposed on the projects against strong majority opposition in
the contributing community. Then you can move on to the hard work of
convincing us of its merits, and we can set arguments over authority
and roles aside.
Nathan