as Asaf said - they heard the concerns and proceeded anyway. further engagement is a waste of emotional energy. we should think about branding of wikisource & transcription as a part of global transcription efforts. It is a loose network, but we could be outreaching and organizing more. cheers.
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 4:37 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Nicolas VIGNERON, 19/06/20 10:58:
Still, I think that the name "Wikipedia" overtaking the whole movement is a bad symbol and an invisibilization of other Wikimedia projects.
Yes, so Wikisource users (and all other Wikimedia projects too) should make their specific concerns heard.
It wouldn't be the first time that the WMF board has let the WMF staff spend years and millions on some controversial pet project only to reverse it at the very last minute because of universal opposition. It's tiring that WMF never learns, but we know that promoting free knowledge is a constant struggle.
I'm not sure at the moment whether participating in the closed-source survey does any good, given it's subject to manipulation (aka political spin), but it doesn't preclude other initiatives.
Federico
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