[Foundation-l] #wikipedia

[effe iets anders]

Hey guys,

just a maybe silly proposal: Why dont we just try the rules out, and
evaluate in, say, two weeks? I am confident that sean and James are
very willing to listen to constructive suggestions by then. Let's just
try it out for a while, and see what actually does hapen. Do people
actually end up on the "wrong" channel? etc. Please, let's just try it
out, nobody will get harmed while testing it out.

BR, Lodewijk

2007/6/20, JodyB <jodybwiki op bellsouth.net>:
> Can you not monitor two channels at the same time? I think seanw has
> indicated some flexibility in the rules and it seems to have settled a
> bit today. I know you are frustrated but aside from that is it really
> that big of a deal to you?
>
> JodyB
>
> Dejan Čabrilo wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 11:40 -0500, Philippe Beaudette wrote:
> >
> >> My goodness, this email is the very definition of "spin", isn't it?
> >>
> >> Philippe
> >>
> >
> > I just want to know if there is anything we can do about the situation
> > or not. Many of us don't like the new rules. It seems seanw is in
> > charge. I'm not exactly sure how nor am I sure what gave him the
> > authority to create the guideline, deop everybody and give ops only to
> > people who agree with him.
> >
> > The reason I'm so upset about the channel is that it was rather useful
> > for me. I got help there, gave help, but we also instituted regional
> > meetings of wikipedians of former Yugoslavia (which would be impossible
> > if we didn't go off topic and realize that we share much more in common
> > than Wikipedia. So now there is 5-6 of us who travel lengthy distances,
> > for our travelling posibilities, to socialize), it kept our spirits up,
> > gave us opportunity to vent off, etc.
> >
> > Then, somebody comes, institutes new rules, and there seems nothing that
> > we can do about.
> >
> > All I want is that we keep #wikipedia and #wikipedia-social together.
> > I'm not against new rules. I'm not against change. But if I am to
> > embrace the change, I would just like to know whom to turn to give my
> > input to.
> >
> > Mailing list obviously doesn't work. Talking about this on #wikipedia
> > doesn't work either. Our nearly unanimous decision to change the
> > guideline on the wiki talk page was ignored.
> >
> > So, once again: tell me how to contribute, and I will. Tell me, from
> > some position of authority, that what I say makes no difference, and
> > I'll shut up. Tell me to whom to turn for help.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Dejan Čabrilo
> >
> >
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