2017-06-29 15:22 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk <[email protected]>:

> Hi all,
>
> First of all, your work is being appreciated.
>
> That being said, I have been grinding my teeth a little bit over the
> discussions going on at this page on your talkpage on meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee#Request_for_
> launching_Wikinews.2C_Dutch_version
>
> It is not so much the outcome of the process that is somewhat worrying me,
> but the fact that it is apparently hard for people to see what's going on.
> While this mailing list is apparently open, it is not transparent in a
> practical sense what the committee decides, when it decides and how it
> decides. People can read this list, but what they really are looking for is
> a short committee statement on the outcome.
>
> As I understand it, StevenJ81 has been doing some of this in a personal
> capacity, to the best of his abilities summarizing what's going on here.
>
> I can't really tell you how to conduct your business of course, but I
> would like to ask you to consider whether you could summarize decisions in
> a few lines of text in a quotable manner, when the committee comes to a
> conclusion. That way it is clear to everyone a discussion is closed, and
> that arguments were considered. Who then copies that statement to meta (one
> of you, or Steven), is another matter.
>
Quick and grumpy answer: we already do that by posting the decisions on the
RNL pages.

>
> This is the first time in a long while I had a closer run-in with your
> committee's work, but that will be the case for most of the people who make
> an application. I hope that for their sake, you will consider my
> suggestion.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Lodewijk (Effeietsanders)
>
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