[WikiEN-l] Office actions

[Jimmy Wales]

Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
> Earle Martin wrote:
>> In this case, it was an "office action", which appears to generally
>> equate to "putting stuff in the memory hole".
>>
>> Is it Foundation policy to hide official decisions of the Foundation?
>> Or is it Danny policy? Either way, it appears that the management of
>> this project is asymptotically approaching that of the Open[sic]
>> Directory Project.
>>
> 
> That's grounds for moderation, citizen.

I don't think Earle needs to be put on moderation, I think Earle needs a 
big hug.

Earle, I can tell you that nothing is approaching anything like the Open 
Directory Project.  Is there a problem that WP:OFFICE articles have 
tended to sit there in the "wrong version" for too long, and that good 
editors are unsure how to proceed?

Absolutely.

But that's a problem that everyone wants to fix in an open, transparent, 
and loving way.  It is not very helpful to accuse Danny or the 
Foundation of any sort of "memory hole" policies or of becoming closed 
like the ODP.

Please, let's all always move forward by assuming good faith.  Good 
people, trying to do a good thing for the world, balancing many complex 
and competing concerns.  It's a complex mess.  That's because the world 
is a complex mess.  We're all doing our best here.

--Jimbo