[Foundation-l] open letter by Wikiversity users to the WMF Board of Trustees

[H]

Gerard,

Get your facts straight.  Private Musing was not globally blocked and
Jimbo Wales did block him out of process and Jimbo Wales did wheel-war
with the local custodians;  the allegations of Jimbo Wales had
involved a project in which even seasoned Wikipedians have taken
parts.

H.



On 4 April 2010 20:56, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> As far as I am concerned, there have been a few persons who manifested
> themselves as not taking no for an answer, who were blocked on several
> projects, who moved to Wikiversity and continued their campaign they were
> blocked for from Wikiversity.
>
> Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project and, as such it adds
> positively to the whole. When this is no longer the case because of people
> who destabilise the whole, we have the mechanism of a global block. When
> this is not accepted by one project, the question arises if that project
> functions within the whole.
>
> That is in and of itself a valid question. Not nice, but valid. Your
> argument is that the procedures of Wikiversity have not been followed. At
> some stage, particularly when the issue in and of itself has nothing to do
> with Wikiversity, this is of little concern. The reality is that global
> issues often need global attention. It has been clearly expressed that
> within the WMF the large picture takes precedence. The consequence is that
> the smaller projects get little attention. The consequence is also that
> abusive behaviour in Wikiversity is not accepted when it disrupts other
> projects and that this is not left for the Wikiversity community to decide.
> Thanks,
>       GerardM
>
> On 4 April 2010 14:39, Erkan Yilmaz <erkan77 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> please see at:
>>
>> http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity_open_letter_project/WMF_Board_March_2010
>>
>>
>>
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