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On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Lars Aronsson lars@aronsson.se wrote:
Filip Maljkovic wrote (on behalf of Waldir):
I would like to request your attention to a vote that will start this midnight, regarding a rearrangement of the top ten Wikipedias that are displayed on the main wikipedia portal
Please head to the poll http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metapub#Top_10_Wikipedias.28poll.29 to vote. I hope to see you there! --Waldir
You failed to mention what sort of authority or mandate this poll has been given, compared to all previous opinions, votes and polls on the same topic in recent years. I don't even know whether the design of the www.wikipedia.org front page is the responsibility of the WMF board, its chairman or the CEO. Will they agree to be micromanaged by spontaneous polls among the audience? After the vote has ended on July 31, who will implement the changes? Who decided the time limits for this poll, and the criteria for who can vote (account 3 months ago, 500 edits total)? To an outside reader it might seem like anybody can make the rules and decide anything. Does this mean I can start a new poll on the same subject in September?
I don't mind an opinion poll. I don't mind the front page being redesigned. What I do question is the right to initiate new polls or institutions (last time it was the community council) that take the shape of government over the WMF. The WMF should be ruled according to its bylaws, not by spontaneous mobs.
-- Lars Aronsson (lars@aronsson.se) Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
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