I'm sure that most of you will agree that not jeopardising this:

https://mobile.twitter.com/stephenfry/status/427187596817883136

was worthwhile.

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On Jan 24, 2014 10:23 PM, "Michael Peel" <michael.peel@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

Thanks Stevie, but I’m afraid that this is a rather evasive response, and your reason for not sharing detail isn’t a good one. Talking about things before they happen tends to reduce the number of unforeseen circumstances that might arise, as those circumstances can be better foreseen and potentially planned around when you have different viewpoints available. I assume that there is a *very* good reason for why this bit of news is being kept so secretively!

I’ve put my feedback on the main page on-wiki at:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Feedback_on_the_Main_Page

Thanks,
Mike

On 24 Jan 2014, at 22:02, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> One of our volunteers has been working on an interesting project, about which a blog post is being published tomorrow. If all goes as we hope it will be shared widely on social media, leading to a substantial increase in traffic.
>
> I don't want to go into too much detail as experience has shown me that sometimes things don't work the way we hope due to unforeseen circumstances. But I'm very optimistic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stevie
>
>
> On 24 January 2014 21:43, Fæ <faewik@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 January 2014 21:40, Michael Peel <michael.peel@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> ...
> > Care to explain?
>
> +1. If there's a good reason for the secrecy/lack of transparency, it
> would be nice for members to have a clue as to why it is needed.
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> Fae
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