Andreas, I am not going to express an opinion on the case you reference, this is still a hot debate, particularly on Commons, and I do not believe there is a stable consensus yet. I certainly have no personal interest in being continually dragged into penis wars or be forced to read criminal allegations about contributors, though had I not been maliciously harassed by an off-wiki group you are associated with, I might have been a Commons administrator at this point and had more useful influence on these policy related issues.
The question is more complex and contentious than I find email is a suitable medium for, and any way forward must cater for how our international projects can collaborate on policies that protect free speech (under a USA definition) and enable continued free access for the widest possible educational good in as many countries as possible. I have already proposed you take advantage of our UK open a board meetings to talk openly with us about collaborating on how the Wikimedia community can work positively on this area, such as encouraging positive debate to mature the Commons community and policies. I suggest you prepare for that by talking the issues over with the Wikimedia UK CEO. We are listening and remain open, I hope you can approach this subject with a similar frame of mind, realizing that such change will only happen slowly. It would help discussion if those involved could avoid the drama of inflammatory attacks or fueling those whose main interest appears to be destruction rather than improvement in their ambitions to make a name for themselves by tilting at the WMF or, far worse, the open movement itself. Thanks, Fae _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
