--- Mike Godwin <mgodwin(a)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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