[Wikimedia-l] Strange, surprising, bold and unnecessary - reply to the WMF board statement

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:18:34 +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Pretty much everything the WMF and chapters do is stuff editors don't
> care about. If editors cared about it, they would do it themselves 
> and
> they would be WMF and chapter people not editors (some people manage
> to be both, although it is too great a challenge for most of us!).
> Different people in the movement are involved in different things, 
> all
> of which are required for the projects to be as big a success as they
> can be.
>
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I do not think it is actually correct. It is true that many editors 
might not care about any particular initiative  - same way as they do 
not care for example about arbcom elections. However, if we take Wiki 
Loves Monuments as an example of a chapter-initiated activity - well, 
many editors liked it and actively participated, and may had strong 
feelings - positive or negative - about organization and results.

Cheers
Yaroslav