On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 11:53, Philip Kopetzky philip.kopetzky@gmail.com wrote:
I'm pretty sure that that licensing recommendation is still work-in-progress and the legal implications haven't been analysed yet.
Huh. Nobody has mentioned legal implications. Not sure there are any that would be especially different to the challenges that Commons volunteers handle every day with the current available licenses.
I guess that assuming good faith is not your strong suit, Fae? Be part of the solution, for once.
Maybe you can focus on the points being raised, like how a case book would actually help make a case for change, rather than hostile character assassination against folks writing to this list? That would be super, and show that you are also part of a "solution", though in this case an actual verifiable "problem" has yet to be identified that this particular recommendation might fix.
Thanks, Fae
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 11:25, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
I agree that the official announcement on Commons is worse than unfortunate.
The announcement by the Diversity Working Group on a sub-page of the VP of their recommendation to permit NC and ND license restrictions on Commons, comes after no attempt in advance to discuss the recommendation or its wording with Wikimedia Commons community *on Commons*. It is not helped by the poster being a volunteer with barely any activity on Commons, so not the best person to discuss the future of Commons with. Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons%3AVillage_pump%2FCop...
The justifications for the change read as unsourced and arbitrary. In particular there is no evidence that using Commons to host NC ND material that may be important to minority communities, such as traditional folk art, would help better to educate the public about those arts when the same NC restriction would halt in its tracks the general use of Commons by educators and universities. The change in commons policies would have the consequence of advice to educators being against using our media in lectures, study materials, academic papers, academic books etc.
The Meta page that is linked to verges on being blatantly hostile to the views of the Wikimedia Commons communities
- Q4a. Could this Recommendation have a negative impact/change?
- (Answer) All change has negative connotations to some members of the
community. This appears deliberately flippant and provocative. Bizarre.
If the WMF sponsored recommendation is hostile up front, I do not see much point in the community discussing the change, it may as well just be mass voted down. Discussion when the team recommending the strategy is openly hostile to "some members of the community" on its own recommendations page, will only lead to more polarization of the WMF versus everyone else type.
Fae
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 02:11, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
(Response apparently wasn't sent to list previously.)
Yes, I think there ought to be a place to discuss the whole thing, as several share a fatal flaw in that they advocate dictating to local communities from above.
Is this getting announced anywhere other than on the mailing list? There
is
a proposal in these to literally undermine Wikipedia's free content
mission
by allowing nonfree licenses. (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Wor... )
Do you think, maybe, we shouldn't attempt to slip that through unnoticed and uncommented?
For example, here's the notice that was left on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons%3AVillage_pump&t...
. It's totally anodyne, and gives absolutely no indication that such
massive
changes, which would entirely strip the communities of autonomy, are proposed there. For example, I suspect Commons might be just a bit interested to know these proposals would force them to accept nonfree content. If this is in any way an honest process, make sure the announcements indicate how breathtakingly broad and destructive these proposals are.
Todd
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 7:35 AM Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac@gmail.com
wrote:
I believe there are related discussion pages, Todd. Do you think there should have been separate pages for discussion aside the talk pages?
Regards,
Isaac.
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 2:29 PM Szymon Grabarczuk <
tar.locesilion@gmail.com
wrote:
How about talk pages?
Z poważaniem / Kind regards
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On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 14:28, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com
wrote:
There does not seem to be anywhere to comment on these, which there
should
be. I saw at least one which is highly objectionable and which I
would
like
to object to.
Todd
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wrote:
> Dear fellow Wikimedians, > > They’re here! [1] We are delighted to announce the first round of > draft recommendations for structural change within our movement
have
> been published. The recommendations have been developed by the
nine
> Wikimedia 2030 working groups and are a key tool to help us build
the
> future of our movement. > > Working group members have been working tirelessly for a year to > research the movement, analyze community input shared via
community
> conversations, and gain insight into external trends. A huge
thank you
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our
> movement’s structures to help us advance in our strategic
direction.
> They are the starting point for conversations about what kind of > future we want to create together. > > The recommendations are not final. In order to get them to that
stage,
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these
> changes would mean for you in your local or thematic context,
what do
> you like about them, and where you potentially see any red flags.
And
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recommendations
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[3]
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[4]
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