On 8/12/09 12:07 PM, Steven Walling wrote: > While I personally am very pleased with the results, I wonder how the > election results will be perceived outside Wikimedia. > With numerous media outlets reacting to PARC's research about the state of > the community, I fear this endorsement of seemingly "old guard" Wikimedians > as our Board representation will support claims about the community becoming > unfriendly to new participants. > Thoughts? Am I being too nervous, or do others see that potential too?
On the contrary, getting the old guard more active is essential in resolving such community issues -- Wikipedia was much more newbie-friendly in its first couple of years than it is today, and we need to recover that spirit. -- brion _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
