Arne Klempert wrote:
On 6/4/06, Troy Hunter troyhunter0@lycos.com wrote:
Why do you suppose that an outsider would be chosen for this?
Do you have any candidates in mind at the moment? How many edits do each of them have?
Oh yeah, let's adopt the Requests for Adminship process for chosing Wikimedia Foundation's employees and contractors. Or let's just count the edits, then probably a bot will become CEO. And thanks to Free Software anyone can write his own CEO. Great idea! ;)
No, I certainly wouldn't suggest using such criteria to select a CEO. But Jimmy says that the CEO will not be an outsider, so I would like to know what the definition of an outsider is. If a candidate had less than, say, half a dozen edits, we might be forgiven for thinking of them as an outsider. Is this the case?
On 6/4/06, Troy Hunter troyhunter0@lycos.com wrote:
No, I certainly wouldn't suggest using such criteria to select a CEO. But Jimmy says that the CEO will not be an outsider, so I would like to know what the definition of an outsider is. If a candidate had less than, say, half a dozen edits, we might be forgiven for thinking of them as an outsider. Is this the case?
If I might accurately quote what Jimbo said...
On 6/4/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Erik Zachte wrote:
- The idea that a contractor, possibly an outsider (?), is charged with
paving the way for a true CEO, is yet another example of top down management.
Why do you suppose that an outsider would be chosen for this?
That, to me, says that Jimbo and the Board have not yet decided who the contractor should be. It also suggests to me that they have no preconceived ideas about who should fill the role. I'd guess that they will choose the best candidate, whether or not that candidate is a member of the community, novice, experienced or otherwise.
Though that's not to say that being part of the community wouldn't have an impact.
Just my £.02's worth.
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