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> From: Andrew Gray
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> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] My choice for ED
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> To me, these proposals always sound a bit like:
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> "We want this person to be resilient
To me, these proposals always sound a bit like:
"We want this person to be resilient and good-humoured. So we're going to
punch all our possible candidates in the face a few times and see where
they want to go from there."
I know that's not the intention, but it's certainly the plausible effect..
Rory is the Legal mascot, and is indeed a tiger (though some say it is
stuffed, I wouldn't bank on it). See
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Rory and
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors under legal
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Tony Souter wrote:
> Oh what on earth a
Oh what on earth are you talking about? I have no idea who Rory is. You need to
withdraw your libelous comment.
Tony
On 03/02/2014, at 10:10 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> Tony Souter, 01/02/2014 16:13:
>> [...] totally inappropriate for choosing the executive director [...] in a
>> compe
Tony Souter, 01/02/2014 16:13:
[...] totally inappropriate for choosing the executive director [...] in a
competitive, complex, and often negative jungle.
You shouldn't be blaming Rory for her origin in the jungle. Please
refrain from commenting on specific candidates, especially if your
com
I understand your reasoning, but we already have an extremely difficult
time finding a suitable candidate. While such community vetting would
definitely weed out the people we don't want, it will also slim down the
pool we do want, which currently sits around a cool 0. I don't think we
can afford
I'm sure dismissively calling people's legitimate concerns "playing with
(a) toy" will help greatly in that regard.
If someone's going to apply for a job where they'll be scrutinized by a
large volunteer community, it is not unreasonable to determine if they can
withstand that type of scrutiny by
Folks: are we still playing with this toy?
I've sat here and watched this discourse – variously frivolous, slightly
insulting, and embarrassing – and said nothing in the hope it would just fizzle
away.
But amazingly, it's still here.
We have to accept that while crowdsourcing is the genius of
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:29 AM, ENWP Pine wrote:
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> Chad, I wonder if Rory has been considered. (:
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Given his history of biting newbies, I'm not sure he'd be in a good
position to help solve the editor retention problem.
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> How could you say no to a face like this?
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> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_meowing.jpg
Is that the same angst-offsetting kitten as on j.mp/heygooglers
?
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On 1 February 2014 18:29, ENWP Pine wrote:
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> Chad, I wonder if Rory has been considered. (:
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> Pine
Who can say no to the HR penguin? <
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Stuffed_penguin.JPG>.
I wonder if She/He has been bestowed the privilege of a name?
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> How could you say no to a face like this?
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> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_meowing.jpg
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> Have a good weekend everyone :)
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> -Chad
Chad, I wonder if Rory has been considered. (:
Pine
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How could you say no to a face like this?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitty_meowing.jpg
Have a good weekend everyone :)
-Chad
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