On 28 May 2014 16:55, Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)frontier.com> wrote:
On 5/28/2014 5:59 AM, Fæ wrote:
...
> I do not really understand the point being made
about not "engaging"
...
I believe the point is that Wil, in particular, will
not interfere with
Wikimedia staff in carrying out their duties, assign them specific tasks, or
otherwise attempt to supervise and direct their work. These functions
properly belong to the employee's supervisor, so it's good for community
members to keep this in mind generally, but especially important for Wil
because otherwise his connection to Lila might create concern or confusion
for the staff (as in the recent GitHub situation, which I believe was
already mentioned). If those guidelines are respected, there should be no
problem about Wil interacting with staff in an ordinary fashion. I'm sure
Wil understands this and will be careful about it, and it's also good that
Lila has said this publicly so that people have something to point to, in
case anything is uncertain about whether Wil has some sort of special
authority.
Thanks, that is a nice interpretation, it would be useful to have a
confirmation that this was the intention of Lila's email.
It will be interesting to see whether in practice Wil has special
authority, or not. It is quite hard to judge right now, having made so
few contributions to Wikimedia projects, and as in the majority of
discussions in various places (including Wil's English Wikipedia user
page) his preferred form of first introduction is as "Lila Tretikov's
significant other", which colours everyone's perception of how he
should be treated.
Thanks,
Fae
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