Ok so the quote taken out of context is actually saying the opposite of the original meaning.
The discussion was about "what are the goals of the Wikimedia Organizations?". Why do they exist?
If we look at what Wikimedia Organizations do, mostly, is investing in free knowledge. If that's their main goal, well then we don't have to care about the communities. That was said as a way to shock people and make them think about why Wikimedia Organizations exist and perhaps that they should rethink their goal and their focus. Make organizations think a little more about the communities instead of sheer free knowledge production.
In that same session I did say some pretty radical things, if you take some sentences out of my 10 minutes monologue (yeah I kinda tend to speak a lot :() you could say that I said "let's disband all Wikimedia Organizations".
Taking a single sentence totally out of context can lead, as it is the case here, to change it's true meaning.
No need for any witch hunt here, I can't think of anyone in our community that doesn't value a lot volunteer and community work as we are all part of that community.
Best, -- Christophe
On 7 April 2014 13:37, Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net wrote:
Chris Keating wrote:
This was exactly because we wanted people to speak freely and not worry about a witch-hunt on an email list if a couple of trolls got hold of some out-of-context quotes.
I wish you answered the question instead of smearing me on a public mailing list, Chris. I have no idea who you are, but I would expect you to adhere to elementary rules of debating, which suggest not to resort to personal attacks.
If you are a Wikipedian, I should not have to explain this to you.
What a shameful comment, Chris.
Tomasz
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