--- Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org wrote:
The Cunctator writes:
But please, don't ask for our harmony, trust,
generosity, support,
and kindness.
Earn it.
This is a fair point, so long as it is a reciprocal obligation. I have great respect for those who have honest criticisms of any process or decision at the Foundation. But sometimes those criticisms are framed in terms of recrimination, bitterness, mean-spiritedness, and so on. This choice of tone tends to obscure the message.
I think we can all do better. The way you create generosity is not by waiting around and demanding that other people be generous towards you. The way you create kindness is not by insisting that we get none from you until we "earn it."
This all sounds nice, however you are truly judging this as reciprocal we have already lost. While those people representing WMF are inherently some of the best people on this list, the "reciprocating" group is open to anyone. There will always be bitter, mean-spirited people around. If lack of transparency is really due to these things, lets increase the moderation to a level where there is enough kindness to warrant transparency. Otherwise everyone will just continue to be held hostage by lowest common denominator.
Birgitte SB
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