I have been following this from the start. This "rebranding" has been met with
considerable resistance from Wikipedias and other projects, but they persist in pretending
the resistance does not exist. The idea is poor. WMF and their paid spin-doctors appear to
be hell bent on pushing this bad idea through regardless of opposition or logic. Wikipedia
is an encyclopaedia, not a movement. The movement is not Wikipedia, it is an attempt to
use the Wikipedia name for the ends of the putative movement, and looks a lot like a
takeover attempt. There are several other projects like Wikidata, Wikivoyage, Wikisource
etc which will be even more overshadowed by the proposed renaming/rebranding. The only
ones likely to profit ( and I use the word in its most literal meaning), is WMF, who may
find the annual fundraising even easier to exceed targets. Personally I consider the
proposal and the way it has been pushed against the resistance and objections of the
people who actually create and curate the content to be ethically questionable, though in
US company law, probably totally legal. This has already been divisive and will only get
more so.
Cheers,
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: WikimediaZA [mailto:wikimediaza-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Adri
Baard
Sent: 17 June 2020 11:47
To: wikimediaza
Subject: [Wikimedia ZA] Feedback needed: Wikimedia Branding Project
Good morning everyone
As you may or may not know, Wikimedia is busy with a project to potentially
rebrand.
We now have the opportunity to give feedback on the project as it stands
right now.
However, in order to streamline the process, I've been asked to complete
the feedback on behalf of the ZA Chapter.
So.. please see the latest presentation
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlBGHHHiY> and accompanying slidedeck.
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iLC7VYew1anjoIfV025hCVJFWmC0VdbJ3QiwbmZDaOM/edit#slide=id.g8891f61d3a_0_0>
If
you're familiar with the previous phases of the project feel free to skip
to the middle of the video.
If you need more information, the background on the project is here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project>
.
I have two weeks from today to complete the survey, and will appreciate any
feedback by next Wednesday.
Kind regards
Adri Baard
Boardmember
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