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

[Anthere]

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.

Do you have facts and names to assert that claim David ?

Ant