[Foundation-l] New project proposal: Soviet Repressions Memorial

[Geoffrey Plourde]

I agree. As I said before, where would this stop? Memorial sites for specific incidents will lead to more and more requests. If we have one for an event, we must have one for all. 




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From: Jon <scream at datascreamer.com>
To: kmw at kurtweber.us; Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 7:13:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] New project proposal: Soviet Repressions Memorial

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Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 December 2008 19:53, you wrote:
>> I posit that the "memorial project" is not essential.  I think it
>>  would drain resources from our mission.
>>
>> Jon
> As I explained in the proposal (again, did you read the proposal?)
> it is an essential part of the WMF's mission.
I did read it... and I jsut read it again at meta to be sure I
understand again.

The mission... "...empower and engage people around the world to
collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the
public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally."


I question how a POV memorial is educational content.


I also question alignments that could be generated by such memorials.


I question scalability... "They have a memorial, why can't I.  You
don't think [insert event here] is important enough?  I just won't
support WMF anymore".


With the above, when groups become alienated, I question our ability
to effectively disseminate the core projects (wikipedia, and others)
effectively and globally.


I question the technical strain on our resources.  All of these memorials.

I question the political implications of having a worded memorial,
polarizing an otherwise neutral foundation, or the public perception
of the foundation.

These are only a few of the things I began to question when I first
read the proposal.


Jon-





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