[Foundation-l] (Flashback) A short (and revised) FAQ about Wikimania in Alexandria

[David Gerard]

On 20/04/2008, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the attempt at constructive criticism.  I disagree with it,
>  however -- I think "this great progress report" (thanks!) couldn't
>  have been "coughed up" without first learning the extent to which some
>  of the interrogators here were misunderstanding the FAQ. And that
>  probably means that 10 messages (although maybe not these particular
>  10) were necessary regardless.


As you may have noticed, you're dealing with querulous geeks who don't
know how not to split hairs down to the Planck limit. "Assume good
faith" applies here, in its transformation as "never assume malice
when crippling social ineptitude will suffice."


- d.