[Foundation-l] Priorities

[Birgitte SB]

--- Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Brian McNeil wrote:
> > Florence Devouard wrote:
> > 
> >> ... I felt I could not say publicly that
> Wikipedia was one 
> >> of the tools to bring peace on Earth because I
> also know working on our 
> >> projects (not only Wikipedia) is somehow becoming
> increasingly 
> >> difficult. We are more numerous, more protective
> to our 
> >> featured-content, less welcoming to our newbies
> (for technical or social 
> >> reasons).
> >> How many experts have been driven away by the
> agressivity of some of our 
> >> members ? How many new editors just were
> discouraged by the difficulty 
> >> of editing a table or a template ? How many
> newbies were blocked because 
> >> they just did not understood quickly enough how
> to use a talk page ?
> >> Also, during the year, several cases of online or
> offline harassment of 
> >> contributors were reported. Harassement which
> came as a result of their 
> >> contributions to our projects.
> > 
> > In trying to do my bit for fundraising I emailed
> Howard Tayler, a webcomic
> > artist asking could he help with my nonexistent
> drawing skills and make up
> > an ad for his site that I'd pay for during part of
> the WMF fundraiser.
> > 
> > As an indication that there is indisputably a
> problem that needs addressed,
> > here is the response I got.
> > 
> >
>
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> > I use Wikipedia from time to time, and appreciate
> its value to the growing
> > internet community, and to the world at large.
> >  
> > I will not, however, help them raise money. I am
> strongly opposed to the
> > "anti-webcomics" agenda that has been espoused by
> a number of prominent
> > editors. If the foundation really cared about what
> these editors write, and
> > how they treat other people, it would take steps
> to curb their behavior.
> >  
> > This, unfortunately, is a very non-negotiable
> position on my part, and I'd
> > prefer to not argue about it. We'd just be wasting
> each others' time.
> >  
> > I appreciate your attempt to raise money for a
> cause you believe in, and am
> > flattered that you'd think of me in connection to
> it.
> >  
> > --Howard
> >
>
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> > 
> > This issue isn't just costing us contributors;
> we're losing goodwill and
> > fundraising opportunities.
> > 
> > 
> > Brian.
> 
> Right....
> 
> What is that anti-webcomics" agenda he is talking
> about ?
> 
> Ant
> 

This is an en.WP issue (again). Articles on web-comics
have been deleted as not notable on en.WP. [1]  It
might be useful to share with Howard what the actual
mission of Wiki*media* is and how it works, just for
the sake of clarity.  But I can't imagine anyone would
really support WMF writing and enforcing new deletion
guidelines for en.WP or anything else that would truly
appease him. 

Birgitte SB


[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Webcomics/Archive_5#Non-noteworthy_webcomics

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