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Adam Wight

29 Dec 2015 29 Dec '15

10:42 p.m.

There is a lot of room for improving the WMF's transparency and accountability to the broader community. Please help identify our shortcomings by contributing to this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Transparency_Gap -Adam

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Pete Forsyth

29 Dec 29 Dec

10:46 p.m.

Dear Adam, Here is a sort of meta-request: could you please identify your position at Wikimedia? I will make this suggestion on the page, as one of the very low-hanging fruit items that will make a big difference: if Wikimedia staff could make a regular practice of listing info like their title, and stuff like user page and contact info as appropriate, that would make it much easier to understand and make sense of the huge amount of information coming from various channels. Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Adam Wight <awight(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

There is a lot of room for improving the WMF's transparency and accountability to the broader community. Please help identify our shortcomings by contributing to this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Transparency_Gap -Adam _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Adam Wight

11:12 p.m.

Pete, thanks for asking, and for your ever toughtful voice. About my wiki edits: In my volunteer time, I'm a lurker, hack translator, fringe developer, and sometimes say obnoxious things on mailing lists or in this case on metawiki. About my staff position: I've sent this email from my staff account as part of my duties to care for the organization that pays for my living, the WMF. I'm a 75%-time employee in the Fundraising Tech team, currently in the sheepdog or ill-named "tech lead" role. Great job, aside from the hierarchical corporate structure that I oppose. I'm looking forward to the sunshine... Love, Adam Roses Wight https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Adamw On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Adam, Here is a sort of meta-request: could you please identify your position at Wikimedia? I will make this suggestion on the page, as one of the very low-hanging fruit items that will make a big difference: if Wikimedia staff could make a regular practice of listing info like their title, and stuff like user page and contact info as appropriate, that would make it much easier to understand and make sense of the huge amount of information coming from various channels. Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Adam Wight <awight(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

There is a lot of room for improving the WMF's transparency and accountability to the broader community. Please help identify our shortcomings by contributing to this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Transparency_Gap -Adam _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Kevin Gorman

30 Dec 30 Dec

1:35 a.m.

Hi Adam - Thanks for the email - and the idea. Something like this had been floating around in the back of my head for some time, but I hadn't acted on it yet. I'm in the middle of a desert for a few more days, but have bookmarked this to help contribute to when I return. (Unfortunately this is our first experiment with solar-powered iphones, and we didn't make an array sufficient to power ours for more than a few more minutes for the day.) Best, KG On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Adam Wight <awight(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Pete, thanks for asking, and for your ever toughtful voice. About my wiki edits: In my volunteer time, I'm a lurker, hack translator, fringe developer, and sometimes say obnoxious things on mailing lists or in this case on metawiki. About my staff position: I've sent this email from my staff account as part of my duties to care for the organization that pays for my living, the WMF. I'm a 75%-time employee in the Fundraising Tech team, currently in the sheepdog or ill-named "tech lead" role. Great job, aside from the hierarchical corporate structure that I oppose. I'm looking forward to the sunshine... Love, Adam Roses Wight https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Adamw On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Adam, Here is a sort of meta-request: could you please identify your position

at

Wikimedia? I will make this suggestion on the page, as one of the very low-hanging fruit items that will make a big difference: if Wikimedia staff could

make

a regular practice of listing info like their title, and stuff like user page and contact info as appropriate, that would make it much easier to understand and make sense of the huge amount of information coming from various channels. Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Adam Wight <awight(a)wikimedia.org>

wrote:

There is a lot of room for improving the WMF's transparency and accountability to the broader community. Please help identify our shortcomings by contributing to this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Transparency_Gap -Adam _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Pete Forsyth

4:37 a.m.

Many thanks Adam! A worthy effort, to be sure. I'll visit and dive in some time tomorrow. Pete [[User: Peteforsyth]] On Dec 29, 2015 3:13 PM, "Adam Wight" <awight(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Pete, thanks for asking, and for your ever toughtful voice. About my wiki edits: In my volunteer time, I'm a lurker, hack translator, fringe developer, and sometimes say obnoxious things on mailing lists or in this case on metawiki. About my staff position: I've sent this email from my staff account as part of my duties to care for the organization that pays for my living, the WMF. I'm a 75%-time employee in the Fundraising Tech team, currently in the sheepdog or ill-named "tech lead" role. Great job, aside from the hierarchical corporate structure that I oppose. I'm looking forward to the sunshine... Love, Adam Roses Wight https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Adamw On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Adam, Here is a sort of meta-request: could you please identify your position

at

Wikimedia? I will make this suggestion on the page, as one of the very low-hanging fruit items that will make a big difference: if Wikimedia staff could

make

a regular practice of listing info like their title, and stuff like user page and contact info as appropriate, that would make it much easier to understand and make sense of the huge amount of information coming from various channels. Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Adam Wight <awight(a)wikimedia.org>

wrote:

There is a lot of room for improving the WMF's transparency and accountability to the broader community. Please help identify our shortcomings by contributing to this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Transparency_Gap -Adam _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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