On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 2:51 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <[email protected]>wrote: > > I would suggest that instead of a wall between the community > and the foundation, there should be built a bridge. A form > of consultation by a small group of "wise heads" from the > communities, who know how they work; not as a decision > making body, but purely informing about the realities in > the various communities. >
Good idea. > > > I don't think there has *ever* been a case where a requested > enchancement that had reached a community consensus being > implemented had caused complaints by any but the regular trolls. > I could imagine serious complaints being leveled if the implementation > didn't adhere to the consensus reached, but that is just about all. > > The thing is, our historical model doesn't tend to repeat itself except in the usual societal roles. > > I am sorry, I just can't parse what you are suggesting here. > This doesn't correspond to anything real in the past > or anything hypothetically in our future. > > There has never been a "Get off my lawn!" attitude anywhere. > What people have said quite often is: "Please explain your > actions, and what variety of justification are they based on, > pretty please, with a cherry on top!" And absent a clear and > present danger, "Do join us, we respect and value involvement, > within the context of the normal operation of our community, > from foundation functionaries, no matter how senior." > I hope you're kidding about the politeness and lack of get off my lawn attitude, because it definitely exists. > I think the point is that it would be nice if there was somebody > from the community who would be tasked with heading foundation > folks aside, before the fact, when they are in danger of doing > something seriously controversial that really *does* require > a consensus reached. Give me a pen and I'll write the first sentence. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
