I find the remover of James very disappointing. He was elected by the community and his
remover should follow a due process and be transparent to the community who elected him.
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:51:14 +0100
From: rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:00 PM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
issue here. This is hardly unusual. Regarding the
removal itself, at least
in the United States, it's fairly common for members of a body to be able
to remove/expel one of their own. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees bylaws explicitly allow for removal of a member, with or without
cause. Unlike in older Board resolutions, there's a clear public
accounting of how each of the Board members voted (as opposed to simple
numeric totals). James posted that he will work with Patricio to provide
like others on this thread i think the WMF bylaws are broken in this
respect. not legally broken, but morally. i'd love to vote for a
trustee, and i'd love to reverse my decision in case a sufficient
party is not happy. if in this case james does not want to have a
public discussion he is free to resign. if the board thinks it cannot
work with james anymore, and is able to remove him without him beeing
ok with it, without public discussion, then i do not find it
transparent.
best,
rupert
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:56:43 +0100
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The removal is not transparent at all.
Apart from that James was community elected. A democracy words different.
Very disappointing.
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:51:14 +0100
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:00 PM, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
issue here. This is hardly unusual. Regarding the
removal itself, at least
in the United States, it's fairly common for members of a body to be able
to remove/expel one of their own. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees bylaws explicitly allow for removal of a member, with or without
cause. Unlike in older Board resolutions, there's a clear public
accounting of how each of the Board members voted (as opposed to simple
numeric totals). James posted that he will work with Patricio to provide
like others on this thread i think the WMF bylaws are broken in this
respect. not legally broken, but morally. i'd love to vote for a
trustee, and i'd love to reverse my decision in case a sufficient
party is not happy. if in this case james does not want to have a
public discussion he is free to resign. if the board thinks it cannot
work with james anymore, and is able to remove him without him beeing
ok with it, without public discussion, then i do not find it
transparent.
best,
rupert
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:08:09 -0800
From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
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Hi Board folks and Boryana,
Separate from the discussions about Doc James, can we get an update on the
appointment of new members?
Thanks,
Pine
On Sep 25, 2015 5:04 PM, "Boryana Dineva" <boryana(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello everyone,
As you may have heard, I joined the Wikimedia Foundation last Monday as the
VP of Human Resources. I am so excited to be here and help to the best of
my abilities.
One of the projects that I am currently focusing on is adding two members
to our board of trustees. I wanted to reach out to you and ask you to
nominate candidates that you think should be considered.
I am attaching a role description that will provide more insight into what
the ideal candidates for these two board slots would be. If someone you
know comes to mind, please send the name of the candidate including some
information regarding why you think they would be great. Also let me know
if you know that person is interested in the position and can afford the
time commitment the role will require or if it’s someone you think may be
great but are unsure if they are interested or would have time to commit.
Please email nominations to board-nominations(a)lists.wikimedia.org by next
Wednesday, Sept 30th. I understand that this is a short notice and not much
time to nominate, but we need to find someone that can start in Nov and we
need to contact, screen, interview, etc before then.
Thank you in advance for your nominations and have a wonderful weekend!
Warmest regards,
Boryana
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:33:47 +0100
From: Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quality issues
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Interesting link, thanks Gerard! I was referring to a citation for this
quote however:
"and a
significant
> selection of the information unsourced WikiDatas data lacks the quality,
> integrity we all expect of ourselves when we add content to any of the
> projects."
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/ainl_guidelines_use_of_for…
On 29 December 2015 at 13:30, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote:
citation needed
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is when sources truly become vital. But do
> > remember, the POV of the USA and many of its sources are as suspect
as
> > those from Kazakhstan.
>
>
> And that is why regardless of the fact a citation is so important,
>
> because the person receiving the information must able to make their
own
assessment of the sources reliability with a CC0 license and a
significant
> selection of the information unsourced WikiDatas data lacks the
quality,
> integrity we all expect of ourselves when we
add content to any of the
> projects.
>
> On 29 December 2015 at 20:15, Gerard Meijssen <
gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com
>
> wrote:
>
> > Hoi,
> > So you have determined that people can be manipulated. Good, then
what?
> >
> > If this is the tack that you take you will be grounded because there
is
> no
> > plan. It is a negative attitude that only stifles. Quality is not
only
in
> > sources, sources can be and are manipulations in their own right.
Many
> > important subjects are woefully
underrepresented. The argument has it
> that
> > it is because of a lack of sources..
> >
> > Sources are relevant but we only are interested in particular
subjects.
We
> do not need to look at Kazakhstan to find fault. Amnest (reliable
source)
> indicates that all USA police forces are not
in compliance with
> international agreements on the use of force. NOW WHAT ??
>
> When quality is the subject, it is important to decide how we
effectively
> improve quality. VIAF provided Wikidata with
a list of issues they
found.
> > Tom checked it out and our quality is better as a result. It means
that
> > more information is linked for people
who visit a library. When
awards
> are
> > known, adding known recipients in Wikidata based on info from
multiple
>
Wikipedias improves the quality and in this way many incorrect links
are
> > exposed.
> >
> > When quality of our projects is the subject, decide how we can do a
> better
> > job. When Facebook invites companies to manipulate people, it is why
> > Facebook information is suspect. At most it is a reminder that
> manipulation
> > is an important issue. It does not mean that people cannot add data
on
> > their hobby horse.
> >
> > Quality is important but quality is more than sources. When sources
are
> used
as an argument that is detrimental to the quality of Wikidata,
then
> in
> > my opinion we have forgotten why Wikipedia was possible in the first
> place.
> > It was not because of sources, it was because of the web of
information
we
> created, a web that is of a NPOV.
>
> Wikidata does not have a NPOV. It represents facts found in many
places.
> As
> > the information becomes more extended, it becomes possible to find
> > manipulations, errors. This is when sources truly become vital. But
do
> > remember, the POV of the USA and many
of its sources are as suspect
as
>
those from Kazakhstan.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> On 29 December 2015 at 11:44, Lilburne <lilburne(a)tygers-of-wrath.net
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 28/12/2015 18:00, Jane Darnell wrote:
> > >
> > >> All I said is that the wiki way works, that's all. You can't
hide
it
>
when
> >> someone tries to take over a project, and that is the reason we
> shouldn't
> >> try to anticipate that with convoluted strategies. "Assume Good
Faith"
> >> will
> >> always win out over any strange misguided takeover strategy, which
is
why
>> governments that intend to do such things choose nowadays to just
block
> >> wikimedia altogether. It is not our wake-up call to take, but that
of
> the
> >> Kazakh people.
> >>
> >>
> > Facebook showed the other year that it could manipulate people by
what
it
> showed them in their feeds.
>
>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10932534/Facebook-conducted-…
> > >
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28051930
> > >
> > > They didn't do this for fun, they did it to show their clients
> > > (advertisers, governments) that they could manipulate millions of
> people.
> > > You only need a small push in one direction or another to
influence
a
large
> population. Doesn't matter if the push is to buy a particular soap,
vote
> one way or another, or how you see a
particular minority, or issue.
>
>
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2450825/big-data-business-intelligence/…
>
>
> > Do it to a naively trusted source and you have a triple word score
> > jackpot^H^H^Hboot.
> >
> >
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:39:58 +0100
From: Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>
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...and you seem to think one can live by an encyclopedia. I can assure you,
Wikipedia is a lot of things, but it is not a way of life. To answer your
fear which I read between the lines of what you are saying, in order to
create a Wikipedia project you need a basic list of 10,000 articles. The
list as I am sure you are aware, is a pretty boring and strangely ordered
grouping of fairly dry, non-political subjects. I believe there are very
few articles on there that are worth firebombing someone over. [[Michael
Jackson]] is on the list, among other notable Americans. Granted, you could
get past the 10,000 article startup requirement somehow and then start
creating lots of POV articles, but once you do this you will soon be
discovered. There is just no way to hide it.
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Lilburne
<lilburne(a)tygers-of-wrath.net>
wrote:
On 28/12/2015 18:00, Jane Darnell wrote:
> All I said is that the wiki way works, that's all. You can't hide it
when
> someone tries to take over a project, and
that is the reason we
shouldn't
> try to anticipate that with convoluted
strategies. "Assume Good Faith"
> will
> always win out over any strange misguided takeover strategy, which is
why
> governments that intend to do such things
choose nowadays to just block
> wikimedia altogether. It is not our wake-up call to take, but that of
the
Kazakh
people.
Facebook showed the other year that it could manipulate people by what it
showed them in their feeds.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10932534/Facebook-conducted-…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28051930
They didn't do this for fun, they did it to show their clients
(advertisers, governments) that they could manipulate millions of people.
You only need a small push in one direction or another to influence a
large
population. Doesn't matter if the push is to
buy a particular soap, vote
one way or another, or how you see a particular minority, or issue.
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2450825/big-data-business-intelligence/…
Do it to a naively trusted source and you have a triple word score
jackpot^H^H^Hboot.
I thought Epstein's and Robertson's paper, "The search engine manipulation
effect (SEME) and its possible impact on the outcomes of elections", was
very interesting as well:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-201…
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/33/E4512.abstract
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well the chances of me being firebombed while on
vacation in the states
are
probably higher than me being firebombed for
editing Wikipedia, but that
still doesn't mean we need to worry about changing the wiki model. I
guess
I have lost the thread of your point entirely
now.
To be honest, I don't think you had ever gotten hold of it in the first
place. To me, you seem to live in a very sheltered and naive world.
If we have reports of Wikipedians being tortured in Azerbaijan (and there
seems to have been some truth to these reports, as the sysop named in them
was globally blocked by the WMF a short while later[1]), you should be able
to understand that it is not quite as easy to live the wiki way there as it
is in your country, and that some of the assumptions you have formed based
on your own experiences of the wiki model may not hold in other locales.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Irada&diff=12421543&a…
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