[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia’s Foundation Plans Expansion"

[Charles Matthews]

James Alexander wrote:
> On a related note: someone brought this Times article to the meetup in
> Boston Monday http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/business/media/12link.html.
> There is some truth to it I think and the staffing changes reflect that some
> with a larger focus on development outside en.
>
>   
Having discussed certain things with Liam Wyatt face-to-face after the 
British Museum workshop, I'm prepared to say that I disagree somewhat 
with him as a pundit (as distinct from an activist). It is so not true 
that enWP is "full" in any sense. We still don't get careful analysis of 
our "brand" in the media, though they make fewer complete blunders about 
WP in the past.

The "mojo" talk there reminds us, if necessary that WP is still a 
grassroots organisation. Expansion in the San Francisco office of the 
WMF  is quite distinct from expansion at the Wikipedia grassroots, and 
it is the latter that makes the difference. If that ever is forgotten 
(and I really thought it had got mislaid in the discussion over Vector) 
then some of the Cassandra-like punditry will turn out to have more 
justification than is now visible.

Charles