Hi all, it’s probably useful to paste in the “What for?” message for the
Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group. Hopefully it will help clear things up.
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From:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/wikipedia-weekly/introduction-to-the-ww-grou…
This is a quick note about what goes on here in the Wikipedia Weekly
Facebook group. Thanks for joining what has become a useful forum in the
last few years, and especially in recent months.
Perhaps a useful motto for this group is: "High signal, key voices,
efficient volume." That's a label few would use to describe Wikimedia-L or
on-wiki discussions, even though those are very necessary and key parts of
the movement. In many ways, this is a meta-news group, pointing to the best
and most interesting things happening in our community and the public. It's
not meant to be a direct replacement for any venue that exists now.
This group started informally as a lively community space in lieu of, or in
reaction to, Wikipedia Weekly podcast episodes. Signpost, Wikimedia chapter
folks, WMF comms team, bloggers or any concerned community members are
welcome in the interest of productive and informative discussions about the
movement. One of the key aspects is that this is a respectful and highly
interactive space that, like it or not, is Facebook's main value.
As for the public/private nature of what is said here: we probably don't
have a great term for it. In some sense, it's like the open access vs TWL
(The Wikipedia Library) argument – should the comments here be referenced
(or given prominence) if it's firewalled behind a Facebook login. People
can be expected to be quoted here, but not truly hyperlinked-to. Signpost,
for example, has referenced discussions here on multiple occasions in its
news stories. This group might get people to write opinions they wouldn't
voice in other forums. I see that as a useful part of our communications
ecosystem.
Experiments like Discourse (
https://discourse.wmflabs.org/) might be the
answer to help moderate the noisy, disparate and acerbic social spaces in
our movement, and I welcome it. For now, I like that this group is serving
an unmet need, and I thank the folks here for making it engaged and
meaningful.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I can agree with what you're saying, Craig. I can
also understand what
Brandon is saying - that some people prefer that interface.
Unlike many Facebook pages, though, this one is not public and cannot be
viewed by anyone who does not have a FB account. It's the one venue that
many interested parties cannot even read, let alone participate in, unless
they're willing to give up some fairly significant privacy. I am
disappointed, but I do not hold it against anyone for preferring to discuss
issues in a venue not associated with Wikimedia.
Risker/Anne
On 21 February 2016 at 19:01, Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net>
wrote:
People will have discussions at a location that
is personally convenient
for them. Unless you're going to reprogram human nature, I don't see
that
there's anything to be done about the
resulting balkanisation of the
discussion.
Cheers,
Craig
On 22 February 2016 at 09:54, Thyge <ltl.privat(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I really wonder why wikimedia discussions have migrated to FB. Are we
> applying for a grant?
>
> Thyge
>
> 2016-02-22 0:51 GMT+01:00 Newyorkbrad <newyorkbrad(a)gmail.com>om>:
>
> > I too am one of those people who is not to be found on Facebook. I
> > only have room in my life for one online timesink ... and I already
> > have Wikipedia :)
> >
> > Newyorkbrad
> >
> > On 2/21/16, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > As has already been explained on this list, many people do not have
> > access
> > > to Facebook. If this is something germane and useful to a lot of
> people
> > on
> > > this list, perhaps it would be appropriate to ask Jonathan to post
it
here.
>
> Risker/Anne
>
> On 21 February 2016 at 18:34, Anthony Cole <ahcoleecu(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> For those not following, I recommend the discussion in response to
>> Jonathan
>> Cardy's comment here:
>>
>>
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/960989863948845/
>
>>
> >> Anthony Cole
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