Ok so the quote taken out of context is actually saying the opposite
of the original meaning.
The discussion was about "what are the goals of the Wikimedia
Organizations?". Why do they exist?
If we look at what Wikimedia Organizations do, mostly, is investing in
free knowledge. If that's their main goal, well then we don't have to
care about the communities. That was said as a way to shock people and
make them think about why Wikimedia Organizations exist and perhaps
that they should rethink their goal and their focus. Make
organizations think a little more about the communities instead of
sheer free knowledge production.
In that same session I did say some pretty radical things, if you take
some sentences out of my 10 minutes monologue (yeah I kinda tend to
speak a lot :() you could say that I said "let's disband all Wikimedia
Organizations".
Taking a single sentence totally out of context can lead, as it is the
case here, to change it's true meaning.
No need for any witch hunt here, I can't think of anyone in our
community that doesn't value a lot volunteer and community work as we
are all part of that community.
Best,
--
Christophe
On 7 April 2014 13:37, Tomasz W. Kozlowski <tomasz(a)twkozlowski.net> wrote:
Chris Keating wrote:
This was exactly because we wanted people to
speak freely and not worry
about a witch-hunt on an email list if a couple of trolls got hold of some
out-of-context quotes.
I wish you answered the question instead of smearing me on a public mailing
list, Chris. I have no idea who you are, but I would expect you to adhere to
elementary rules of debating, which suggest not to resort to personal
attacks.
If you are a Wikipedian, I should not have to explain this to you.
What a shameful comment, Chris.
Tomasz
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