Hey folks,
In addition to our own parties and events, I think it makes sense for us to invite public intellectuals to reflect publicly on the meaning and impact of Wikipedia, for the 10th. I'm thinking about asking both Timothy Garton Ash and Tim Wu to write about us, and I asked James Forrester the other day to urge Tim Berners-Lee to do it too. (I don't know why they are all Tims, LOL. That's an accident.)
If you know people who are really smart, who have a platform (or could get access to a platform, by doing for example an editorial for the New York Times, the Guardian, or whatever), and who would have something useful to contribute to the public discourse about Wikipedia .. I'd suggest you mention it to them. These kinds of pieces can take a long time to prepare and sell, so if you think it's a possibility, I'd recommend planting the seeds for it now.
Thanks, Sue
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2010/11/29 Sue Gardner sgardner@wikimedia.org:
Hey folks,
In addition to our own parties and events, I think it makes sense for us to invite public intellectuals to reflect publicly on the meaning and impact of Wikipedia, for the 10th. I'm thinking about asking both Timothy Garton Ash and Tim Wu to write about us, and I asked James Forrester the other day to urge Tim Berners-Lee to do it too. (I don't know why they are all Tims, LOL. That's an accident.)
Thank you Sue, that's a nice idea.
I think you guys at the Foundation should ask for a public speech/intervention/contribution about WikiX from Richard Stallman, which IMHO is for us a pater patriae ;-)
Cristian WM-it
yeah, we have extremely good experiences with Mr.Stallman :) I am sure he can write a wonderful pieces about Linux vs GNU/Linux...
2010/11/29 Cristian Consonni kikkocristian@gmail.com
2010/11/29 Sue Gardner sgardner@wikimedia.org:
Hey folks,
In addition to our own parties and events, I think it makes sense for us to invite public intellectuals to reflect publicly on the meaning and impact of Wikipedia, for the 10th. I'm thinking about asking both Timothy Garton Ash and Tim Wu to write about us, and I asked James Forrester the other day to urge Tim Berners-Lee to do it too. (I don't know why they are all Tims, LOL. That's an accident.)
Thank you Sue, that's a nice idea.
I think you guys at the Foundation should ask for a public speech/intervention/contribution about WikiX from Richard Stallman, which IMHO is for us a pater patriae ;-)
Cristian WM-it
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2010/11/29 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org:
yeah, we have extremely good experiences with Mr.Stallman :) I am sure he can write a wonderful pieces about Linux vs GNU/Linux...
I sense a disturbance in the force, Lodewijk. In the end, you support the idea or not?
Cristian
Lets say that I think there are other people who probably have a different audience that might have a bigger effect. And indeed, after his show in Buenos Aires, I am not so sure we should invite Stallman to this kind of things - of course I have nothing at all against it if he writes something though. Anyway, my remark was meant as an ironic one - forget about it, it is no big deal :)
I think the original idea of Sue was to ask specifically "intellectuals" - now I dont know what she meant to define with that, but I primarily understood it to be broadly recognized intellectuals who have a status and whose statements about Wikipedia would make a difference. Based on her examples, I would expect that she referred to writers, academics etc. I think that would definitely be something to embrace.
Lodewijk
2010/11/29 Cristian Consonni kikkocristian@gmail.com
2010/11/29 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org:
yeah, we have extremely good experiences with Mr.Stallman :) I am sure he can write a wonderful pieces about Linux vs GNU/Linux...
I sense a disturbance in the force, Lodewijk. In the end, you support the idea or not?
Cristian
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Yeah, Lodewijk's correct ---- I meant writers, academics and so forth. I think Richard Stallman's great, but he's not well-known outside free software / free culture circles, and I think the 10th anniversary is an opportunity for us to facilitate or promote a broad public conversation about Wikipedia's societal impact.
Media love anniversaries, because they provide a stable, predictable hook for stories, and they offer an opportunity for think-y, reflective pieces. So I think this is a great chance for us to encourage smart people to reflect publicly on us, as we approach the 10th. It's particularly a good opportunity because it would be _about_ Wikipedia, rather than being just a reaction to the scandal du jour (Wikiscanner, Wikileaks, etc).
Thanks, Sue
On 29/11/2010, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Lets say that I think there are other people who probably have a different audience that might have a bigger effect. And indeed, after his show in Buenos Aires, I am not so sure we should invite Stallman to this kind of things - of course I have nothing at all against it if he writes something though. Anyway, my remark was meant as an ironic one - forget about it, it is no big deal :)
I think the original idea of Sue was to ask specifically "intellectuals" - now I dont know what she meant to define with that, but I primarily understood it to be broadly recognized intellectuals who have a status and whose statements about Wikipedia would make a difference. Based on her examples, I would expect that she referred to writers, academics etc. I think that would definitely be something to embrace.
Lodewijk
2010/11/29 Cristian Consonni kikkocristian@gmail.com
2010/11/29 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org:
yeah, we have extremely good experiences with Mr.Stallman :) I am sure he can write a wonderful pieces about Linux vs GNU/Linux...
I sense a disturbance in the force, Lodewijk. In the end, you support the idea or not?
Cristian
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Good idea. I'll see what we can do in Sweden.
/Lennart
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:35:47 +0000 From: sgardner@wikimedia.org To: wikix-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiX-l] Inviting public intellectuals to write about the 10th
Yeah, Lodewijk's correct ---- I meant writers, academics and so forth. I think Richard Stallman's great, but he's not well-known outside free software / free culture circles, and I think the 10th anniversary is an opportunity for us to facilitate or promote a broad public conversation about Wikipedia's societal impact.
Media love anniversaries, because they provide a stable, predictable hook for stories, and they offer an opportunity for think-y, reflective pieces. So I think this is a great chance for us to encourage smart people to reflect publicly on us, as we approach the 10th. It's particularly a good opportunity because it would be _about_ Wikipedia, rather than being just a reaction to the scandal du jour (Wikiscanner, Wikileaks, etc).
Thanks, Sue
On 29/11/2010, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Lets say that I think there are other people who probably have a different audience that might have a bigger effect. And indeed, after his show in Buenos Aires, I am not so sure we should invite Stallman to this kind of things - of course I have nothing at all against it if he writes something though. Anyway, my remark was meant as an ironic one - forget about it, it is no big deal :)
I think the original idea of Sue was to ask specifically "intellectuals" - now I dont know what she meant to define with that, but I primarily understood it to be broadly recognized intellectuals who have a status and whose statements about Wikipedia would make a difference. Based on her examples, I would expect that she referred to writers, academics etc. I think that would definitely be something to embrace.
Lodewijk
2010/11/29 Cristian Consonni kikkocristian@gmail.com
2010/11/29 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org:
yeah, we have extremely good experiences with Mr.Stallman :) I am sure he can write a wonderful pieces about Linux vs GNU/Linux...
I sense a disturbance in the force, Lodewijk. In the end, you support the idea or not?
Cristian
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