On 8/25/20 10:51 PM, Strainu wrote:
It seems the WMF is going through another crisis of
institutional
memory
I think I see where you're coming from, and I appreciate the generous
turn away from individuals and towards potential structural problems.
Whatever the latest incident was, we can assume good faith and find
constructive ways to prevent it from happening again.
Still, it's strange to see this thread veer into "onboarding" and
building up an archive of knowledge and experiences. These are
important topics, perennial even, but I feel it totally misses the point
of the incident itself.
As a service organization potentially liable for content stored on their
infrastructure, it makes sense that the WMF would have a large team
dedicated to threats of physical harm like terrorism, suicide. It also
makes sense that they wouldn't invest explicitly in the emotional
well-being of editors and mediating interpersonal problems.
Perhaps we shouldn't expect this of an organization not ultimately
accountable to the editors? No amount of onboarding can change the
Foundation's corporate Bylaws or the fact that it owns the trademarks
whose value is based on editor labor. Perhaps if we had a membership
organization instead, which would have to report to the editors and
justify its progress on initiatives directly voted on by its members...
Just my usual 2 cents!
-[[mw:User:Adamw]]
(Views here are my own and do not represent my employer, WMDE.)