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) > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >
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