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

[Erik Moeller]

On 9/14/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 9/14/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> > Perhaps a simple announcement saying, "On mm-dd-yyyy Carolyn Doran
> > ceased to be an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation for personal
> > reasons," would have been enough to address your claims of
> > "organizational immaturity".

> If that's what happened, then the WMF absolutely should have issued an
> announcement saying that.

That's what happened. I argued on our communications mailing list that
a basic announcement of this type would be helpful (also for people
who were in touch with Carolyn and now needed someone else to follow
up with), but the rough consensus was against.  IMHO there's a middle
ground between "going into detail on every staff issue" and "not
informing the community about staff changes": quick updates (perhaps
in a smaller "notes" section on the WMF website). We'll see, maybe
next time.

There's also something to be said for the good ol' "Assume good faith". ;-)
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Toward Peace, Love & Progress:
Erik

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