Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reducing stress and friction in interactions between WMF, affiliates, and community

2019-02-23 Thread Chris Keating
On this note, here's an essay I wrote along similar lines in 2016. I think things have improved significantly since then, but most of the observations are still true... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Land/Why_do_They_always_do_It_wrong On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 7:01 PM Pine W wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reducing stress and friction in interactions between WMF, affiliates, and community

2019-02-22 Thread Pine W
I like the idea of more transparency, and I think that opening processes can often help to reduce surprises and increase the quality of decisions. I wonder whether a reason that people hide information, including drafts and plans, is that they are afraid that if they share information then

[Wikimedia-l] Reducing stress and friction in interactions between WMF, affiliates, and community

2019-02-22 Thread Pine W
Hi, Recent events have brought to mind the recurring challenges of stress and friction in the Wikiverse that can happen in interactions, or lack of interactions, between WMF, affiliates, and community members. I realize that some friction is inevitable, but the feeling that I get is that the