Gerard,
Not everything works out -- that's the way of the world. Your argument
would imply that no project that had ever attracted anyone's time and
effort could ever be discontinued. That is unsustainable. The WMF has
limited resources and quite properly has to decide on priorities for
allocating its resources. It also has to consider the non-monetary cost --
for example, damage to the reputation of the Foundation, of the movement it
leads, and the other projects it owns -- of continuing to support a project
that is clearly a failure.
JPS.
On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 7:18 AM Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi,
"your time and effort" is for those other people to waste. It is for them
to decide what value they derive from spending it in this way. "our
donations", donations is what donors offer. Once they have donated, it
becomes the money of the Wikimedia Foundation. It is not our donations, it
is not even our money.
Then consider the cost, to the Wikimedia Foundation. It is largely the cost
of serving the content, the management of the servers. In the big picture
it is not much, it is also very much a question on the inclusivity of the
Wikimedia Foundation that enables the continued existence of these
projects. With a Wikipedia community as a movement we will be excluding
others as we expel volunteers who are considered redundant because they do
not fit our image.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 at 18:20, Jennifer Pryor-Summers <
jennifer.pryorsummers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Peter
Our brand is already on it in these cases, and yes it would be sending a
message - "We want you to risk your time and
effort on our projects but
we
may later decide to discard everything you worked
for"
I don;t think "discard" is right. The message would be "... but if it
doesn't work out then we won't continue to waste your time and effort and
our donations indefinitely". That's realistic.
JPS
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