Well, "the intention of building an encyclopedia based on a neutral point of view
achieved by verifiable information attributed to reliable independent sources and
disseminated under a free licence" is close to many of us (me including). I think it
is quite unlikely that recommendations challenging every single part of that intent, in
the understanding of the majority of our community, will go through.
It is my honest belief that the WMF Board of Trustees does not intend to radically reduce
the number of volunteers involved.
In any case, I suggest we wait and see how the recommendations shape up anyhow.
best,
dj
On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 5:22 PM Jeff Hawke
<geoffey.hawke@gmail.com<mailto:geoffey.hawke@gmail.com>> wrote:
Dariusz
It seems very likely that the majority of the 60,000 contributors you mention are there
with the intention of building an encyclopaedia based on a neutral point of view achieved
by verifiable information attributed to reliable independent sources and disseminated
under a free licence. Since there are recommendations that would challenge every single
part of that intent, it seems reasonable to assume that some non-trivial proportion of the
volunteer workforce will not wish to continue to participate in a project that has so
dramatically changed its entire raison d'etre.
Jeff
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