The community too is asking for kindness and consideration. Riding roughshod over community consensus does not equate to kindness, or even wisdom, unless it it that of Niccolò Machiavelli!
The Mission Statement of the Foundation says *The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:free_content> or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.* If the WMF would remember the word "empower" we would not get these issues. The Foundation needs to empower the community to disseminate content not dictate to the community how content will be disseminated. All the best, Rich Farmbrough. On 13 August 2014 13:01, Thehelpfulone <thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding on request. > > -- > Thehelpfulone > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Ad Huikeshoven <a...@wikimedia.nl> > > Date: 13 August 2014 12:40:14 BST > > To: wikimedia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Clarification by Lila Tretikov about MediaViewer > > > > Dear fellow Wikipedians and Wikimedians, > > > > Your work in creating the awesome thing Wikipedia is very much > appreciated and you're all recognized for contributing towards it's > success. Last weekend I have been to Wikimania. I really enjoyed the > presentation by Fabrice Florin about A Culture of Kindness [1]. One of the > slide contains a picture of Jimmy Wales holding a sheet of paper on which > he has written 'be kind to everyone, including the annoying ones'. > > > > There have been multiple threads on this list with many postings about > actions on the German Wikipedia with respect to MediaViewer. On meta Lila > Tretikov has posted several remarks including an additional clarification > [2], which I copy below: > > > > <quote> > > * Our overall communication, design, prioritization, testing, roll-out > mechanisms and general product development practices are insufficient and > must be brought on-par with our user’s expectations. We are not planning > any new major deployments until some of those basic improvements are put > into place. This will be done in the open; it is fundamental and urgent. > I've touched on it at Wikimania. > > * We are not removing MV. It has been in production for months. Its > removal will cause more problems and confusion for our users. We will hold > ourselves accountable to getting it to the level of quality that is > expected of the top site. > > * We are working to post next steps to clarify development and > deployment process including rights and responsibilities; you can expect > more information in coming days. > > * I encourage you to help us improve our process as a whole as well as > this specific feature by offering your time, advice, and collaboration. We > will be engaging you on it. Please refrain from making unassisted changes > to the feature’s configuration. > > </quote> > > > > What Fabrice and Jimmy ask for is to be kind. What I would like to > express is that many of the postings about MediaViewer do annoy me, and > some are very annoying. What I do ask of my fellow Wikipedians is to > continue to contribute to Wikipedia in a kind way, to pay attention to what > Lila has posted on meta and which I copied above. > > > > Some of you might be curious to learn to know the ideas of Lila. She > made a presentation at Wikimania, which can be viewed on line [3]. Please > collaborate in the development of processes in a kind way. Thank you. > > --- > > [1] > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/A_Culture_of_Kindness > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ALilaTretikov&diff=9501584&oldid=9501543 > > [3] http://new.livestream.com/wikimania/saturday2014 > > -- > > Ad Huikeshoven > > > > Bestuurslid / Board member Wikimedia Nederland > > Internationaal / International Affairs > > Educatieprogramma / Education Program > > > > tel. (+31) (0)70 3608510 > > mob. (+31) (0)6 40293574 > > > > Steun vrije kennis! Kijk op wikimedia.nl > > Postadres: Bezoekadres: > > Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 > > 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht > > > > ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Landline (UK) 01780 757 250 Mobile (UK) 0798 1995 792 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
