[Foundation-l] wikicouncil

[Damian Finol]

Titoxd at Wikimedia wrote:
> This could probably be an advisory committee to the Board, someone through
> which the Board could run ideas and ask questions that would affect
> Wikimedia as a whole. Also, it would be similar to UninvitedCompany's idea
> of "Wikipedia ambassadors", or users who are responsible for spreading
> Wikimedia-wide messages to their local wikis. 
> 
> Titoxd.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 2:39 PM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] wikicouncil
> 
> On 19/11/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>> David Gerard wrote:
>>> On 19/11/06, Erik Zachte <erikzachte at infodisiac.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> This is about the Wikicouncil, as discussed on
>>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicouncil
> 
>>> Sounds like a useful tool to deal with people who need to be kept busy
>>> and well away from anything important.
> 
>> Do I detect yet another note of pessimism?
> 
> 
> No, I'm just not entirely sure what it's for, or what scaling problems
> it helps solve ... it seems like something to make people feel more
> involved, which is good; but its useful function isn't elegantly
> obvious.
> 
> 
> - d.
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You have no idea how many times I've tried to explain something to 
editors (and admins) of Spanish Wikipedia and read "What's the Wikimedia 
foundation?" "Who's Jimmy Wales, Florence... xxx?", "What's this whole 
board thing about?".

Raising awareness of what the whole thing is, by inviting them to join a 
Wiki Council from people of different projects is a great start, and 
will improve our wikiocracy.


Regards,
Damian