[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Board Elections

[Gerard Meijssen]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 18/09/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> *  Wikimedia Foundation is not about the English Wikipedia. If it was,
>> the other projects should get out of the Wikimedia Foundation asap
>> because it would make it the wrong place to grow their project.
>> * It would be good to discriminate against the English Wikipedia because
>> it gets too much attention. The alternative is that it cannot look after
>> itself. If this is the case the project should organise itself and not
>> be dependant on outside control.
>> * Even the Neapolitan wikipedia has had articles in the Italian National
>> Press. This is certainly true for all the bigger projects. If you think
>> that the domination of the English wikipedia is so self evident, think
>> again most of what happens around the other projects you do not know
>> about. Also the growth of the other projects is faster than the English
>> project. It will not take long and the other projects will be
>> substantially bigger.
>> If you choose a board member only because you think he or she is
>> "nice".. you might consider if he of she will also be effective and do
>> good for ALL the projects.
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> Would this sort of thinking be why it's almost impossible for someone
> from en: to become a steward these days?
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> - d.
>   
Hoi,
For someone to become a steward, there has to be something that he / she 
brings to the table that makes him / her do a good job. Considering what 
a steward does, it makes sense for a steward to speak multiple 
languages. The question that I would ask you is: is being a steward of 
political or is it of functional importance? Most people want someone to 
be a steward so that he can do things effectively and consequently it is 
hard for English only people to become a steward.
Thanks,
    GerardM