-----Original Message----- From: Mike Godwin mnemonic@gmail.com To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 4:54 pm Subject: [Foundation-l] Office action
It is a shame that WMF hasn't a policy of TRANSPARENCY regarding office actions. The right of the community to get all information cannot be overruled by Mr. Godwin's personal opinions about secret things.
In the world outside this mailing list, the fact that I'm responding to this extent to these criticisms would itself be taken as proof of transparency, not disproof.
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Well yes, but after the fact. If I'm reading the criticism correctly the point being made is that within the process there might be some room for *including* the community in these actions, or at the very least replacing the deleted pages with an explanation of what occurred and how to *fix* it. We've seen that here, you helpfully described what a person should do if they object to the deletion. But is that information on the deleted pages themselves?
What harm do you foresee in replacing deleted pages with a declaration like YouTube uses, "This Video has been deleted based on a copyright claim by The Disney Corporation" ? And then an extension of "If you believe this is public domain material then restore the page and include this disclaimer blah blah blah"