There are some pages that should legally be restricted, like the bylaws. i do believe that most pages should be open to public editing because of the risk of some non member Aussie thinking of a better way to do something and being stifled. ________________________________ From: private musings <thepmaccount(a)gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Wikimedia-au <wikimediaau-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 12:40:06 AM Subject: [Foundation-l] open wikis for chapters....? G'day all, over on the wikimedia au mailing list, we've been having a discussion about whether or not our 'official wiki' should be able to be edited by more than just the current financial members (I think we've got around 30 - 50 members at the mo) ( see http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2009-December/002745.htm… the thread, and it sort of gets just a little bit heated....) I thought I'd flick this list a note because the tensions between the foundation's aims and this more pragmatic decision have been discussed. What I'd like to ask this list's members is whether or not you agree that open editing is a good thing, and as many pages as possible on a chapter's wiki should be open to as many folk as possible? Obviously there are important factors to keep in mind in making these decisions, but I feel it would be useful for others not quite so connected to 'WMAU', but with a close connection to WMF in general, if they have a moment, to review our thread, and offer feedback and ideas as to whether we're doing it right, or (as I feel) we really should open up the wiki a bit more :-) best, Peter, PM. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

what will be the goal of the website? Answers should depend on that. The question whether "open editing" is a good thing or not, is not an absolute question, but depends on what you want to reach etc. First get consensus on that, then find the model best suited for that. -- eia 2009/12/12 private musings <thepmaccount(a)gmail.com>om>: