[WikiEN-l] What's going on? - Inquiry 2

[Florence Devouard]

Florence Devouard wrote:
> WikipediaEditor Durin wrote:
>> The overarching problem here is that Wikipedia is collapsing. This list
>> is just a symptom of that.
>> * The Foundation has become ineffective and no longer cares about
>>    its mission and goals. There's a number of symptoms resulting from
>>    this state. One such symptom is the abysmal state of fundraising.
>>    In hard numbers, the fundraising is better. In terms of per-capita
>>    analysis, absolutely terrible. In short, the importance, scale and
>>    complexity of Wikipedia has dramatically increased while fund
>>    raising has only slightly increased. It's not keeping up, and the
>>    more that it can't keep up the worse the problems will become.
> 
> By the way... on the very topic of fundraising, would you care reading 
> that post from Sabine, and reflecting on the fact YOU are complaining in 
> length about the complete and utter inability of the Foundation to 
> handle fundraising, and the fact people organizing fundraising on behalf 
> of the Foundation are faced with an abysmal lack of responsiveness from 
> the community members ?
> 
> I think we are all in the same pool, working toward the same goal, 
> dedicated to the same values. Some of us are editors and try to do the 
> best as editors. Some are rather helping on the software side and trying 
> to develop the most useful tools, some are helping with the fundraising 
> and trying to raise as much money as possible, without upsetting the 
> community, some are working on the legal side, trying to make as much as 
> possible sure that we avoid lawsuits or come out of them with the best 
> possible outcome, some are working on making sure the accounts are 
> audited, some are working to hunt the copyright violators, some are 
> lobbying government to get the most favorable laws... in short, there 
> are many of us, and we all try to make the best in an area we have 
> chosen. When you see an area in trouble, yes you may speak about it, but 
> the best you can do is
> 1) help if you can or
> 2) try to find other who can help if you can not
> 3) avoid discouraging those who are working in this area
> 
> Your email above achieve none of these three goals.
> 
> So my suggestion for you, so that you feel good at the end of this day, 
> is to go read Sabine blog. Read all the things she is currently working 
> on. Consider if you can help. If you can not, if you know someone who 
> can help. Or at least, give an advice to her, gives a feedback, a warm 
> word of support, a little wikilove. The more support she has, the more 
> wonderfull our next fundraiser will be
> 
> Ant
> 
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Weird.
I sent a second mail immediately after this one, to add the link (that 
OF COURSE I forgot) and it does not show up....

Well, link again: 
http://sabinecretella.blogspot.com/2007/09/fundraiser-2007-responsiveness-of.html