[Foundation-l] Steward elections: summary, week one

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Andre you make a good case why "ignore all rules" must be used carefully.
People express the opinion that Iran is the enemy and by inference Iranians
cannot be trusted. This is a great example of an opinion that is detrimental
to our projects. In my opinion we need an Iranian chapter as much as we need
an US American chapter. As with any chapter, there is a need for a hands off
approach to the projects that are relevant to the Iranian public. As our
Wiki culture has its origin in the USA, we need local people to explain how
our Wiki culture fits in the Iranian culture.

We need great content in the fa.wikipedia, we need people of the
fa.community to be prominent in our global community. We need more informed
content about Iran in the English Wikipedia. If anything making **Mardetanha‎
a steward is too important an opportunity to miss.
Thanks,
       GerardM

2009/2/13 Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com>

> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > As I have written before, I disagree with "Ignore All Rules" because
> > there are some rules that should NOT be ignored. Ignore all rules is a
> > good rule when applied to rules about what the lay-out of Wikipedia
> > pages should look like. Not when it is applied to rules that ensure
> > that people in positions of responsibility, like Steward, have the
> > trust of the populace.
>
> Or as another way to look at it: Ignore All Rules has the important
> additional phrase to it, for example on the English Wikipedia (the
> original form) it says:
>
> "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore
> it."
>
> Before invoking IAR, one should look at the consequences. Is it in the
> good of the projects and the foundation to break the rule? I don't
> think that in this case it is. Yes, we might lose a potential good
> Steward because of it, but in my opinion the risk of losing people's
> trust in the Steward selection process weighs heavier.
>
>
>
> --
> André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com
>
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