Thank you Delphine for a fascinating analysis of of the recent history and current state of the situation.
*Michal Lester,*
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Ido, Ori, Sydney, Shani, Ben, Delphine, Gayle, thank you for your boldness and wisdom in this thread. I know how rarely some of us speak on this list, and I appreciate you raising your voices here, now. I need to believe that the power of the collective leadership that so many volunteers and staff are showing here will ultimately be strong enough to ensure that the Wikimedia Foundation has the leadership that its mission deserves.
Dear Siko,
I was trying to phrase something like this, but you beat me to it. This discussion gives me hope.
Siko writes:
Ido, Ori, Sydney, Shani, Ben, Delphine, Gayle, thank you for your boldness and wisdom in this thread. I know how rarely some of us speak on this list, and I appreciate you raising your voices here, now. I need to believe that the power of the collective leadership that so many volunteers and staff are showing here will ultimately be strong enough to ensure that the Wikimedia Foundation has the leadership that its mission deserves.
Thank you to Ori, Dan, Brion, and other staff for sharing your thoughts over the past days, and dispelling some of the mystery and uncertainty.
To the board, please engage. We are in this together, and depend on one another. Have an honest conversation with the staff and community about the immediate problems, let us find a way forward. Dariusz, don't fall silent – we need your perspective.
Delphine writes:
<epic snip> We freaking built an encyclopedia, of course we can take care of it
without
having to fear everyone and their brother! And while an organisation is
not
a wiki, and revert not always an option, I'm pretty sure that
More to be said here, but first: I hope you will finish this thought.
Sam
Dear friends,
Dear friends of open and free knowledge,
Let us raise the bar, To the level of positive and constructive, Don't bite the newcomers, Assume good faith.
Keep a good balance, Between work and life, Don't do overtime without prior authorization, Enjoy your weekend.
Meet friends and family, Engage in meaningful discourse, Go on a hike, walking or biking, Enjoy fresh air.
Find a mentor and a coach, If you don't have one, Start journaling for a daily Reflection on accomplishment, And to record your gratitude.
Be nice to your boss, The next one maybe worse.
Acknowledge that we live, In a complex and confusing world, Rapidly changing both within, And outside the Wikimedia movement.
From my perspective I do not,
Question the ability of the BoT, To rubberstamp decisions based on, Recommendations by the FDC.
Join the pilot or experiment at, Https://discourse.wmflabs.org , And set your preferences for Categories to watch or unwatch, And mute whatever you like.
There are so many positions unfillled, That I don't recommend to open more, Before I have asked suggestions,
From each of you for who would be:
A great CTO at the Wikipedia Foundation A great leader of Community Or someone to fill the BoT seat, Vacated by Arnnon Geshuri.
Have a nice weekend,
Ad Huikeshoven Op 19 feb. 2016 22:11 schreef "Sam Klein" sjklein@hcs.harvard.edu:
Dear Siko,
I was trying to phrase something like this, but you beat me to it. This discussion gives me hope.
Siko writes:
Ido, Ori, Sydney, Shani, Ben, Delphine, Gayle, thank you for your
boldness
and wisdom in this thread. I know how rarely some of us speak on this
list,
and I appreciate you raising your voices here, now. I need to believe
that
the power of the collective leadership that so many volunteers and staff are showing here will ultimately be strong enough to ensure that the Wikimedia Foundation has the leadership that its mission deserves.
Thank you to Ori, Dan, Brion, and other staff for sharing your thoughts over the past days, and dispelling some of the mystery and uncertainty.
To the board, please engage. We are in this together, and depend on one another. Have an honest conversation with the staff and community about the immediate problems, let us find a way forward. Dariusz, don't fall silent – we need your perspective.
Delphine writes:
<epic snip> We freaking built an encyclopedia, of course we can take care of it
without
having to fear everyone and their brother! And while an organisation is
not
a wiki, and revert not always an option, I'm pretty sure that
More to be said here, but first: I hope you will finish this thought.
Sam _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Here you go SJ,
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Sam Klein sjklein@hcs.harvard.edu wrote:
Delphine writes:
<epic snip> We freaking built an encyclopedia, of course we can take care of it
without
having to fear everyone and their brother! And while an organisation is
not
a wiki, and revert not always an option, I'm pretty sure that
... reverting sometimes *is* a good idea. And maybe the only idea.
Delphine
On 2016-02-19 23:24, Delphine Ménard wrote:
Here you go SJ,
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Sam Klein sjklein@hcs.harvard.edu wrote:
Delphine writes:
<epic snip> We freaking built an encyclopedia, of course we can take care of it
without
having to fear everyone and their brother! And while an organisation is
not
a wiki, and revert not always an option, I'm pretty sure that
... reverting sometimes *is* a good idea. And maybe the only idea.
Delphine
No way. We do not want to be reverted back to 2008. We are in 2016 now.
Cheers Yaroslav
This marvellous thread goes a long way to prove that we are in possession of a very able, considerate, and polite WMF-oriented community in addition to the "silent" community that goes on editing our sites. But it also makes me wonder whether the BoT as a body maintains its silence about the issues? If they have answered somewhere else, please someone point to it.
Regards, Thyge
2016-02-19 23:24 GMT+01:00 Delphine Ménard notafishz@gmail.com:
Here you go SJ,
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Sam Klein sjklein@hcs.harvard.edu wrote:
Delphine writes:
<epic snip> We freaking built an encyclopedia, of course we can take care of it
without
having to fear everyone and their brother! And while an organisation is
not
a wiki, and revert not always an option, I'm pretty sure that
... reverting sometimes *is* a good idea. And maybe the only idea.
Delphine
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