Who are you?
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Lars Aronsson <lars(a)aronsson.se> wrote:
Filip Maljkovic wrote (on behalf of Waldir):
I would like to request your attention to a vote
that will start this
midnight, regarding a rearrangement of the top ten Wikipedias that are
displayed on the main wikipedia portal
Please head to the poll
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metapub#Top_10_Wikipedias.28poll.29>
to vote. I hope to see you there! --Waldir
You failed to mention what sort of authority or mandate this poll
has been given, compared to all previous opinions, votes and polls
on the same topic in recent years. I don't even know whether the
design of the
www.wikipedia.org front page is the responsibility
of the WMF board, its chairman or the CEO. Will they agree to be
micromanaged by spontaneous polls among the audience? After the
vote has ended on July 31, who will implement the changes? Who
decided the time limits for this poll, and the criteria for who
can vote (account 3 months ago, 500 edits total)? To an outside
reader it might seem like anybody can make the rules and decide
anything. Does this mean I can start a new poll on the same
subject in September?
I don't mind an opinion poll. I don't mind the front page being
redesigned. What I do question is the right to initiate new polls
or institutions (last time it was the community council) that take
the shape of government over the WMF. The WMF should be ruled
according to its bylaws, not by spontaneous mobs.
--
Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik -
http://aronsson.se
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