We do have a community centre. It's called Meta. It may not be a very
elegant one, and there are definitely parts that can be improved, but it's
our virtual community centre.
Risker/Anne
On 11 September 2014 19:54, Richard Symonds <
richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
But we don't even have a bikeshed or a community
centre yet :-P
On 12 Sep 2014 00:52, "Risker" <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11 September 2014 19:19, Charles Gregory
<wmau.lists(a)chuq.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 11/09/14 22:06, Pete Forsyth wrote:
>
>>
>> Personally, I have no problem with the existence of the conference,
but
I
>> find its name alienating. Not everyone agrees with that assessment,
but
>> clearly some others in this thread do.
>>
>
> What Pete said.
>
> We could go into issues with the exclusionary nature itself, such as
that
> it would exclude representatives of groups
who ran into trouble
becoming
> official - despite such a conference likely
being one of the best
venues
> for them to bring up and discuss with
relevant others how to actually
> address or resolve that trouble that excluded them in the first
place...
> >
> > ...but that sort of thing is much harder to resolve/address. The
name,
at
> > least, is simple, and should also make a lot of the other problems
less
glaring in the process.
Assuming the issue of the name is the sticking point ...
What about the Wikimedia Meta-Conference? Or Meta-Wikimedia Conference?
Or
MetaWiki Conference?
It's more about the organisations in the background than keep the
movement
going. It doesn't seem (from my second-hand
knowledge of the event)
that a
regular editor would get a lot out of it?
Regards,
This is the same problem. It's usurping the Wikimedia name, and this
proposal also usurps the Meta (all communities communication forum) name.
It is neither for Wikimedia (as a whole) nor for Meta. It's for
designated
members of affiliates/chapters. It's okay
for it to be what it is. But
let's call it what it is.
It's not about the colour of the bikeshed. It's about calling a
bikeshed
a
community centre.
Risker/Anne
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