On 6/20/07, Dejan Čabrilo dcabrilo@gmail.com wrote:
Ok, gathered from what several of you said, is it fair that I draw the following conclusions:
- Seanw is a group contact of Wikimedia, appointed by Wikimedia, on
FreeNode.
define "appointed by Wikimedia", please. If you are referring to the foundation, this is wrong.
- Wikimedia granted him absolute right to do what he pleases
with the channels.
is "wikimedia" the foundation or the community?
- Community has the input, unless we propose that
off topic discussion should be allowed and that old ops are brought back.
- Many of you don't think that coming into the channel and saying:
tone it down a bit, would be beneficial. It had to be done in a way which separates the community.
- You all think that enacting the policy without ANY (justified
or not) community input was a good way to go.
Input was sought and given.
I am asking all of this because I don't like separating #wikipedia and #wikipedia-social one bit, and we have determined years ago that #wikipedia serves best as both #wikipedia and #wikipedia-en channel (we'd get tired of directing people to #wikipedia-en). This was because en.wikipedia is a flagship project, and because the most commonly used language on #wikipedia is English.
If there is nothing we can do, then somebody please tell me: "Shut up, we already decided how we want that channel, trying to discuss it will get you nowhere."
Thank you, Dejan Čabrilo
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