"We should concentrate on factual data for research" in a long email about how everything is ruined forever because a moderator couldn't find anything of value in an uncited claim that Jan-Bart actively drove people away?
This must be what people mean by "mixed methods" ;) On 4 June 2015 at 18:29, Juergen Fenn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 04.06.2015 um 19:11 schrieb Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]>: > >>> Reduced traffic on Wikimedia-l is mostly due to list moderation. >> >> That's plausible. "Most" people on wikimedia-l are moderated by now; I and >> others unsubscribed due to tyrannical moderation, too. > > Well, not exactly tyrannical, as there obviously is a plan behind it not to > let anything critical sound on a list that no longer serves the community, > but that is just another tool for corporate communication. > > Of course, I also unsubscribed from the list, and I will read it from the > archive only because I don't subscribe to corporate communication lists. > > I agree to Aaron that we should concentrate on factual data for research. > However, I'd like to give you an idea of what nowadays is no longer possible > on Wikimedia-l because this also serves as an indicator for the "health" of > Wikipedia. > > The text of my censored email read: "Jan-Bart, you might be aware that it was > you that drove many "talented candidates" out of the movement last year. So, > no more comment." > > And the moderator gave this comment for his decision: "I could not find > anything positive in your message. How would it help the goals of the > Wikimedia movement? Regards, Richard." > > That's the way Wikipedia works in 2015. So, no more comments about "community > health" or whoever's health. I'm off. > > Best, > Jürgen. > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l -- Oliver Keyes Research Analyst Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
