Micru,
I think a lot of us care. I wish you well!
Some time ago I tried to put some thoughts around volunteering at the WMF. I thought it needed to be better planed / managed.
I could not get enough interest to progress the conversation.
You may wish to read https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Management and the talk page thereof.....
Regards, Richard.
On 10 June 2018 at 06:25, David Cuenca Tudela dacuetu@gmail.com wrote:
Aubrey,
You speak so much truth in your words that I'm feeling overwhelmed right
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Hoi, One reason why you do not get much traction is because many people, myself included, found that there is little purpose in spending time on Meta. It is time spend in a frustrating way and it hardly ever results in the kind of results you hope for. The time necessary to keep up with what is written there robs you of the time for projects. Projects are practical and expand on the things you really care for. For me that is work on subjects that do not get the light of day from most others.
My meta thoughts I publish on my blog [1], subjects are my projects and my thoughts as I progress .I write there and to be honest, I do not expect much of anyone; I am happy with a single person seeing the benefits and contributing in what I do. Currently I work on African politicians, my interest on Ottoman and Islamic history is on hold for the moment. I find that my thinking is often controversial.
Currently there are some moves about paying admins, maybe others. I am strongly opposed because what you sponsor is not so much the work done but the ability to do the work *and *read Meta. Given reports of ninety pages, it is hardly feasible to keep up even with Wiki as a full time job. It is why we should not sponsor what are in effect policy tigers.
When people talk about fulfilment and having a life, in my current job, I work 51 hours a week, I have plenty of slack time; a few minutes here and there. For that Wikidata is excellent. In addition I have to shop, cook, wash the dishes... and be loving to my wife. Thanks, GerardM
[1] https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/
On 10 June 2018 at 02:08, Richard Ames richard@ames.id.au wrote:
Micru,
I think a lot of us care. I wish you well!
Some time ago I tried to put some thoughts around volunteering at the WMF. I thought it needed to be better planed / managed.
I could not get enough interest to progress the conversation.
You may wish to read https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Management and the talk page thereof.....
Regards, Richard.
On 10 June 2018 at 06:25, David Cuenca Tudela dacuetu@gmail.com wrote:
Aubrey,
You speak so much truth in your words that I'm feeling overwhelmed right
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@Richard: Thanks for your words, they matter to me! I took a look to the page that you linked and I did some changes (I explained them on the talk page), I hope you are ok with them. In principle it is a good idea, but as always a group of people is needed to put it in practice, and it doesn't seem that there is enough social capital to start that.
@Gerard: It is true that Meta takes time, but it is the only place that can help us coordinating a global movement so diverse as ours. It is also the only neutral place where people from different projects can come and talk without feeling that they are going to someone else's house (for instance that is how it feels to go as a Wikidatan to Wikipedia and vice versa). And without dialogue there cannot be real cooperation and mutual understanding.
Your private blog is fine, your work is fine, you can work your whole life in isolation and be fine. However, if you want to listen to all the voices and do something for them and for you, then you need some infrastructure, social and technical. Meta is that place.
You seem to oppose volunteers receiving donations because of the overhead that it will generate. I think that if that is the issue, then an effort should be done to create shorter reports. Normally reports are long because readers want them to be long, if there would be some understanding that they take time from everyone, they could be shorter, or at least there could be summaries.
Every person has a different situation and finds fulfillment in different things, you cannot expect your situation to be universal, and if you are fine with yours great for you. I am not so pleased with my situation, that is why I want a change for myself, and of course for everyone that wants a change too.
Regards, Micru
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 7:14 AM Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, One reason why you do not get much traction is because many people, myself included, found that there is little purpose in spending time on Meta. It is time spend in a frustrating way and it hardly ever results in the kind of results you hope for. The time necessary to keep up with what is written there robs you of the time for projects. Projects are practical and expand on the things you really care for. For me that is work on subjects that do not get the light of day from most others.
My meta thoughts I publish on my blog [1], subjects are my projects and my thoughts as I progress .I write there and to be honest, I do not expect much of anyone; I am happy with a single person seeing the benefits and contributing in what I do. Currently I work on African politicians, my interest on Ottoman and Islamic history is on hold for the moment. I find that my thinking is often controversial.
Currently there are some moves about paying admins, maybe others. I am strongly opposed because what you sponsor is not so much the work done but the ability to do the work *and *read Meta. Given reports of ninety pages, it is hardly feasible to keep up even with Wiki as a full time job. It is why we should not sponsor what are in effect policy tigers.
When people talk about fulfilment and having a life, in my current job, I work 51 hours a week, I have plenty of slack time; a few minutes here and there. For that Wikidata is excellent. In addition I have to shop, cook, wash the dishes... and be loving to my wife. Thanks, GerardM
[1] https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/
On 10 June 2018 at 02:08, Richard Ames richard@ames.id.au wrote:
Micru,
I think a lot of us care. I wish you well!
Some time ago I tried to put some thoughts around volunteering at the
WMF.
I thought it needed to be better planed / managed.
I could not get enough interest to progress the conversation.
You may wish to read
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Management
and the talk page thereof.....
Regards, Richard.
On 10 June 2018 at 06:25, David Cuenca Tudela dacuetu@gmail.com wrote:
Aubrey,
You speak so much truth in your words that I'm feeling overwhelmed
right
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Hoi, You read me wrong. I am not happy because in contrast to you I find that meta is too much of a time sync. To follow the diverse conversations that are taking place it almost takes a full time job. When you add the animosity when you come with arguments that are not considered, it is too much.
The notion that you get to cooperate and have mutual understanding is a myth.
It does not mean that I give up, I do the things that I feel are important. Things that are often contrarian. I feel that we should concentrate on high schools for languages like Zulu and Yoruba because Wikipedia fellows will not have any impact there. I feel that too much attention is given to English Wikipedia; it is not 50% of our traffic and with an equal attention to all other Wikipedias it would be even less. Even a success story like gender gap is overrated because other gaps exist that are even worse: Africa for instance has no percent of humans in Wikidata.
So no, I disagree with you. Your premises are wrong. They do not even work for you. Thanks, GerardM
On 11 June 2018 at 10:25, David Cuenca Tudela dacuetu@gmail.com wrote:
@Richard: Thanks for your words, they matter to me! I took a look to the page that you linked and I did some changes (I explained them on the talk page), I hope you are ok with them. In principle it is a good idea, but as always a group of people is needed to put it in practice, and it doesn't seem that there is enough social capital to start that.
@Gerard: It is true that Meta takes time, but it is the only place that can help us coordinating a global movement so diverse as ours. It is also the only neutral place where people from different projects can come and talk without feeling that they are going to someone else's house (for instance that is how it feels to go as a Wikidatan to Wikipedia and vice versa). And without dialogue there cannot be real cooperation and mutual understanding.
Your private blog is fine, your work is fine, you can work your whole life in isolation and be fine. However, if you want to listen to all the voices and do something for them and for you, then you need some infrastructure, social and technical. Meta is that place.
You seem to oppose volunteers receiving donations because of the overhead that it will generate. I think that if that is the issue, then an effort should be done to create shorter reports. Normally reports are long because readers want them to be long, if there would be some understanding that they take time from everyone, they could be shorter, or at least there could be summaries.
Every person has a different situation and finds fulfillment in different things, you cannot expect your situation to be universal, and if you are fine with yours great for you. I am not so pleased with my situation, that is why I want a change for myself, and of course for everyone that wants a change too.
Regards, Micru
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 7:14 AM Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
wrote:
Hoi, One reason why you do not get much traction is because many people,
myself
included, found that there is little purpose in spending time on Meta. It is time spend in a frustrating way and it hardly ever results in the kind of results you hope for. The time necessary to keep up with what is
written
there robs you of the time for projects. Projects are practical and
expand
on the things you really care for. For me that is work on subjects that
do
not get the light of day from most others.
My meta thoughts I publish on my blog [1], subjects are my projects and
my
thoughts as I progress .I write there and to be honest, I do not expect much of anyone; I am happy with a single person seeing the benefits and contributing in what I do. Currently I work on African politicians, my interest on Ottoman and Islamic history is on hold for the moment. I find that my thinking is often controversial.
Currently there are some moves about paying admins, maybe others. I am strongly opposed because what you sponsor is not so much the work done
but
the ability to do the work *and *read Meta. Given reports of ninety
pages,
it is hardly feasible to keep up even with Wiki as a full time job. It is why we should not sponsor what are in effect policy tigers.
When people talk about fulfilment and having a life, in my current job, I work 51 hours a week, I have plenty of slack time; a few minutes here and there. For that Wikidata is excellent. In addition I have to shop, cook, wash the dishes... and be loving to my wife. Thanks, GerardM
[1] https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/
On 10 June 2018 at 02:08, Richard Ames richard@ames.id.au wrote:
Micru,
I think a lot of us care. I wish you well!
Some time ago I tried to put some thoughts around volunteering at the
WMF.
I thought it needed to be better planed / managed.
I could not get enough interest to progress the conversation.
You may wish to read
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Management
and the talk page thereof.....
Regards, Richard.
On 10 June 2018 at 06:25, David Cuenca Tudela dacuetu@gmail.com
wrote:
Aubrey,
You speak so much truth in your words that I'm feeling overwhelmed
right
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On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, 19:39 Gerard Meijssen, gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
When you add the animosity when you come with arguments that are not considered, it is too much.
Lack of mutual listening is a constant in our movement that I would like to address one way or another. The animosity depends more on your own animosity. You normally bring a high degree of animosity and inflexibility into the conversations, so it's normal that you experience it back.
The notion that you get to cooperate and have mutual understanding is a
myth.
In general I work towards mutual understanding. If more people would do the same that reality would grow stronger.
So no, I disagree with you. Your premises are wrong. They do not even work
for you.
Which premises? That participating in Meta is worthwhile? For me it works, so please do not make judgements for me. If Meta is not for you it's fine, I don't need to convince you of anything. However if you ever would need global change, the tools available are not that many. You seem to dislike Meta, but you don't offer any alternative.
Regards, Micru
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