On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Stuart West <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot has happened since my email so here's a quick follow-up. I hear the > concerns many of you have raised on this list and elsewhere. I feel awful > about them. As Kat said so well, I think there is a big difference between > the principles the Board agreed to in our statement and the actions taken by > Jimmy and others. > > I supported the Board statement last week and still support it. I believe > the presence of materials unambiguously not relevant to our educational > mission is bad for us as it can alienate people (users, potential new > volunteers, educators, others) who we need on our side to accomplish our > mission. I know this is a complex issue. Many people have thought more > about the challenges than I have (please read Greg Maxwell's great email for > some of the history > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/058081.html). I > am trying to catch up. I hoped the Board statement would both encourage the > community to pursue a clean-up drive and also renew community efforts to > resolve the tough policy issues. > > I do not support the degree of unilateral deleting that happened. I was > happy to see deletion of the really bad stuff that unambiguously lacked > educational and historical significance. I wasn't expecting and wasn't happy > to see how far things went without broader community involvement. Jimmy > acknowledged this wasn't right and I respect his apology. > > What I didn't say in my earlier emails, and should have, is that I want the > leadership resolving this to come from the community. I feel passionately > the community is the heart and soul of our movement. Without you we have > nothing. I am in awe of your energy, commitment, and ability to change the > world. As Ting said, we as a Board can at times help focus energy. But I > believe the best solution is a community solution. > > I'm really sorry about the way this played out. Commons editors should feel > they have more support and encouragement dealing with this tough issue, not > less. > > I'll be on the IRC open meeting tomorrow if you want to discuss live. > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_meetings#May_12.2C_2010.
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