I agree with Andre. Nor the Dutch foundation, nor the Dutch association has a broad support in Dutch community. The community has hardly any influence to the foundation and the association. A lot of users are complaining.
The foundation and the association could do a great job for our project, but as soon as they get any special power to the encyclopedia, there will come troubles.
So, I have no problem with the foundation and the association, but they shouldn't have any power to the Wikimedia Projects and they shouldn't have any official position within WMF.
Johan Bos (nl:Jcb)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Moeller" eloquence@gmail.com To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" foundation-l@wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:29 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Dutch chapter
I'm forwarding this to foundation-l as it seems to be the more relevant list. Thread so far at: http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-April/thread.html#44205
Erik
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com Date: Apr 18, 2006 4:52 PM Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Dutch chapter To: wikipedia-l@wikimedia.org
I think I speak for most of the Dutch Wikipedians if I say:
- Neither the Dutch Wikimedia Foundation (Stichting Wikimedia
Nederland) nor the Dutch Wikimedia Association (Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland) has the right to influence the content and procedures of the Dutch Wikipedia
- The board of neither has any formal special position on the Dutch
Wikipedia
- At least the Dutch Wikimedia Foundation should not be allowed to
speak in name of the Dutch Wikipedia
- The Wikimedia Foundation is hereby requested not to give the Dutch
Wikimedia Foundation the status of chapter or any similar status
Thank you.
-- Andre Engels, andreengels@gmail.com ICQ: 6260644 -- Skype: a_engels _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l