[Foundation-l] Wikimedia "Storyteller" job opening

[MZMcBride]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 1 March 2011 20:22, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> 
>> The part where adding this person leads to better content? Wikimedia's
>> mission is to educate the world with free content. I'm not sure how a
>> Propaganda Minister really furthers that goal. There is a very finite amount
>> of resources for staff hires; I just don't see how this passes any type of
>> reasonable cost/benefit analysis.
>> 
>> If it's the outside world's perception of Wikimedia that is the underlying
>> concern, I think hiring someone whose job description includes "make
>> something incredibly beautiful every month" might be more detrimental to
>> Wikimedia's image and mission than anything else. There are a lot of people
>> who would be (more) willing to donate to Wikimedia if they didn't feel their
>> donations would be spent like this, in my view.
> 
> You appear to be generalising from your personal preferences to the
> world here. This is a common fallacy and a really bad idea in general.

It's not really about my personal preferences (I originally asked how this
job opening fits within Wikimedia's strategic plan or mission). You've
chosen to side-step the actual questions being asked here (twice now). Based
on my past discussions with you, I generally take this to mean that you
agree with the premise, but don't want to say so aloud. (Your brand of
Wikimedia criticism is much more diplomatic than my own, to be sure.) If I'm
wrong and you really do believe that this job opening is a good idea,
perhaps you can explain why you think that. :-)

MZMcBride