Hi Rogol,
While the values changed, my understanding is that the mission statement
did not.
I think that the entirety of the values statement is educational read (
), and I
mean that mostly in a positive way. I am OK with the new values statement,
and not with the annual report.
I would prefer not to be in the position of feeling like 3/4ths of my
emails on this list are criticizing WMF, because I think that the
organization has a noble purpose and that at its best it does a lot of good
for the world. Unfortunately, I am feeling strained in my relationship with
WMF, and this kind of drama is a distraction from other things that all of
us could be doing that would be more beneficial.
Pine
On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonfors(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Pine,
Recall that the Foundation have rewritten their values to include "we seek
to continually improve ourselves, our projects, our communities, our
world.", see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Values/2016_discussion/Synthesis
The previous version
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Values&oldid=16352103 was all
about knowledge.
But now, "Our vision is about more than providing universal access to all
forms of knowledge. It’s about creating an inclusive culture"
WMF has taken on an explicitly political mission, to improve the word not
merely by the dissemination of knowledge, but by direct intervention. I do
not recall that being discussed with the Community, and I wonder what the
donors think?
"Rogol"
On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've written several drafts today in response
to this thread, all of
which
came out as as rather energetic.
There are some reputable organizations for which I like and for which the
tone of the "main page" of this report would be appropriate. WMF is not
one
of them. I would ask the people who approved the
final version of this
publication (particularly those in senior management) to carefully
reflect
on whether they are working for the organization
that is right for them.
If
they want to continue to work for WMF, I would
ask them to carefully read
and focus on the WMF mission, and be religious about staying on that
mission when making decisions on behalf of WMF. Outside of WMF it's fine
to
engage in many kinds of advocacy, but inside of
WMF, this kind of tilt
is a
strategic liability both to WMF and to
Wikipedia.
Pine
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