On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Guillaume Paumier < guillaume.paumier@gmail.com> wrote:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding...
- 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 :) <%2B1%20617%20529%204266> Sam