On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Guillaume Paumier <
guillaume.paumier(a)gmail.com> wrote:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_Foundation_Guidin…
* That resolution indicates that the guiding principles "may come to
replace
the previous list of values", but I couldn't find any confirmation that
they did
replace them.
I don't think they did. They were drafted in such a way that one could
have constructed "principle blame" to see which values informed parts of
which principles, and a merge or more nuanced classification that covered
various layers of principles would make sense (ex: from abstract values to
specific principles to short-term implementation), but that did not happen.
We're linking to the WMF's Values in a lot of
prominent places, and they've
also been brought up many times in recent strategy discussions. There
seems to
be an underlying assumption, in those discussions, that the Values are a
document with the same origin and status as the Vision & Mission
statements.
As a point of reference: there was a brainstorming sessions at the Board+ED
retreat in Nov 2014, about whether the (principles+values) were
unchangeable / had the status of the mission. [conclusion at the time: no.]
The retreat was private, with lots of playing devil's advocate for each
value ["how does this aspect of this principle make it harder to realize
the mission? what would happen if it were ignored?"]. But as I recall, we
imagined doing something similar in the public strategy discussion. In the
end, the public discussion in 2015 was delayed & simplified... But I hope
we do still have that discussion on Meta.
As I mentioned, this isn't the most important
topic of discussion right
now.
I'll still be grateful if someone can help me understand the backstories :)
Thanks for asking here :)
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Sam