[Wikimedia-l] The new narrowed focus by WMF

[Mono]

At this rate, I think the communities could run some of these sites better
than the WMF. It's better than letting them sit forever.

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm kind sad to see the my personal view of the Wikimedia movement
> increasingly distant from Sue's view...
>
> I believe sister projects are deeply important and potential (we have a
> Universal Library (Wikisource), a Universal Media Archive (Commons), a
> Universal Dictionary (Wiktionary), etc.) They are worth some attention and
> WMF has never given it to them.
> I believe WMF should understand that his job focus it's not English
> Wikipedia. There are other Wikipedias and there are other projects. Oh,
> there are other languages too.
> I believe the Movement to be deeply international and diverse, and that
> keeping and enjoying this diversity is hugely hard but hugely important.
> Both fellowships, attention to developing countries and Wikimania cover
> that.
> I believe Wikimania is a awesome occasion to become a WikiMedian, and to
> fell being part of a Movement. It is wonderful to get new ideas, to talk to
> people, to understand and learn, and to take back this experience in
> Chapters and Wikiprojects. Ask anyone who participated in a Wikimania
> event.
> I feel that keeping the Fellowhip Program open would be a way to let the
> community express itself, propose original and innovative ideas and focused
> projects. I do believe that some of them had an impact (GLAM, anyone?), and
> will have for years. We just scratched the surface.
> I regret deeply the distance between WMF and Chapters: they were not
> allowed to participant in the fundraiser, put in the uncomfortable
> situation to ask the grants in a burocratic way staying under stricts
> agreements (ie, California laws AND national laws). It is a complex topic
> (accountability and so on), but could have be dealt with much better.
> I believe that money should be much better distributed that centralized, I
> believe that ''no one, neither the Chapters nor the Foundation, is really
> entitled to get the money.'' No one really deserve the donations we get as
> Wikimedia. We did not earn them. They are for Wikipedia, and Wikipedia is a
> commons, and is common-produced. If we could distribute the money to all
> the editors around the globe, as a reward, we should do it.. It's
> impossible, so it's OK, but, still, I hope you get the idea that we are not
> entitled, we just get them. And we should be aware of that.
>
> Aubrey
>
> PS: full disclosure: I had in mind to ask for a fellowship about
> Wikisource, and I'm a chapter member. So there is some personal
> disappontment, going exactly in the opposite direction of WMF.
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