[Wikimedia-l] Proposal to use the internal wiki more

[Fred Bauder]

> On 3 April 2013 03:34, Michael Peel <michael.peel at wikimedia.org.uk>
> wrote:
>> So, rather than close the internal wiki, I'd like to propose a radical
>> redesign and repurposing of it. Is there the interest and willingness
>> in the WMF and the chapters to share such information with each other?
>
> I'd argue against this. From the perspective of the Wikimedia
> Foundation, I would rather staff bias towards putting information on
> public wikis wherever possible, and I'd worry that staff energy going
> into updating a closed private wiki would by necessity pull focus from
> public work. I'd argue for closing both the internal wiki and the
> internal mailing list: IMO there's nothing on either that needs to be
> confidential.
>
> Thanks,
> Sue

Yes, our work needs to be pubic and accessible.

Fred Bauder USA