Hi Andreas, fair points!
Just to clarify, my suggestion is a community process to decide how to
allocate the extra resources. I do agree with you and Galder that not
nearly enough resources are spent on MediaWiki, automatic translation tools
being one of many weak points. Another one that to my
Hi Felipe,
Funding open knowledge projects beyond Wikimedia, or other altruistic
projects that have nothing to do with Wikimedia at all (the Knowledge
Equity Fund is a case in point, of course ...) doesn't seem right to me.
The WMF has been fundraising in India (as well as in Latin America and
I see, it sounds like you're less genuinely interested in what this team is
doing, but rather trying to look for arguments why WMF would be wasting
money. I'm not sure if that is a terribly constructive approach to start a
conversation. Thanks for being open about it at least. Given this, and the
On Jun 17, 2022, at 9:08 AM, effe iets anders wrote:
> How would you propose to measure 'output' in a somewhat objective way? It is
> of course easy to identify that our own pet projects don't get the attention
> we feel they deserve, but given that the priorities of the WMF are so much
>
How would you propose to measure 'output' in a somewhat objective way? It
is of course easy to identify that our own pet projects don't get the
attention we feel they deserve, but given that the priorities of the WMF
are so much broader than those of you and me personally, that may not be
entirely
Or, maybe, just making Wikimedia a non-obsolete environment. I'm sure the money
can go to that effort.
From: Felipe Schenone
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2022 12:51 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Inc. design staff
I
I agree with the diagnosis, but maybe not with the solution. If Wikimedia
is getting "overfunding" and doesn't quite know what to so with it, there's
probably plenty of good things to do. We could start a community process to
decide it, because as you say, reducing funding efforts or saving
The question of you is important. The Wikimedia Foundation hired a lot of
people in the last years and I do not see so big change in the output. It is a
question that is from my point of view relevant for different areas at the
Wikimedia Foundation. I dont support a too big focus on efficiency
