On 02/10/06, Birgitte SB
<birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
So en.WP has many, many of "their"
volunteers.
Manpower that is unbelievable to the wider
Wikimedia
community. But now, and this just not about
Porchesia, when en.WP has a problem. When en.WP
has
this problem it is brought straight to this list
to
ask the attention and help of this wider
Wikimedia
community. Now any other project, tries their
hardest
to solve a problem themselves before coming here.
But
en.WP with their massive resources and manpower.
en.WP skips the step of working on the problem
within
the project and comes straight here to use the
resources of the wider Wikimedia community. And
the
wider Wikimedia community is supposed to work on
this
with the hope there might be some carryover to
their
own home project. Still when the home project
has
a
problem, they are not given answers and
solutions.
I
was told to "adjust my expectations to
reality".
Many
others are told that they must figure it out
"within
the community". But no one except en.WP
comes
here
until they exhausted the ability of thier home
community. I am just asking that en.WP approach
this
list as every other project in the wider
Wikimedia
community does.
You speak as if Danny's message going here was
anything to do with
some implied collective laziness on the part of
en:wp as an amorphous
mass, rather than entirely Danny's own personal
decision. Me, I'm
somewhat surprised he didn't send it to wikien-l at
all.
- d.
I speak as if it is part of a pattern, this thread had
been a prime example of the pattern when I first
commented. I think this is sign of how much all the
political stuff has consumed us, that so many people
can only see this thread as an attack on Danny,
instead of an honest disscussion on an issue. I don't
know. I suppose all the board elections talk had me
into believing many people were sincerely interested
in en.WP dominance issues. I suppose that was really
all just politics. I will say no more on this issue,
and instead simply remain silent on threads I believe
belong elsewere. I am truly sorry for causing all the
drama here, I misread the situation.
Birgitte SB
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