Birgitte, Andrew, thank you for your kind words. True credit on this one goes to Maggie, Geoff, and the community members who worked countless hours with them and discussed in great detail almost every word of the thing. I think everyone involved would tell you that it was a thoughtful, deliberative, and truly exhausting process.... but it was amazing in its collegiality in the final product.
I'm proud to be part of the team that worked on this, but my role was small... my hat is off to Maggie, Geoff, and all the others who participated (below, I have listed everyone with more than 15 edits to the talk page where it was developed.) Community Members with more than 15 edits to the Talk page: Geoffbrigham Mdennis (WMF) WhatamIdoing Filceolaire FT2 Peteforsyth Michaeldsuarez Seth Finkelstein Angel54 5 Seb az86556 WereSpielChequers Steven (WMF) Rosenkohl Esetzer Wnt Teofilo Philippe (WMF) John Vandenberg Danhash Rich Farmbrough Dcoetzee 62.140.210.130 Григор Гачев ___________________ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM, <birgitte...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 27, 2012, at 12:49 AM, Andrew Garrett <agarr...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:26 AM, Philippe Beaudette > > <phili...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> As you may be aware, Wikimedia has updated its Terms of Use. This > updated > >> version will become effective on May 25, 2012, and can be reviewed > >> here<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use_%282012%29/en > >.[1] > >> A short overview of some of the changes is set out > >> here<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/New_Terms_of_use>. > >> [2] > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Philippe > >> > > > > Terms of use are boring, and most of us are pretty jaded by how > > impenetrable, legalistic and, well, awful, most terms of use are on the > > internet. > > > > I want to congratulate you and your department on NOT doing this. The new > > terms of use are written in clear English, well set out, and cover what > > seem to be the appropriate bases without being overly verbose and > cautious. > > > > Well done, Philippe, Geoff, and everyone else. > > > > > > I am also impressed. It actually ends up being the best one piece > introduction to what Wikimedia *is* that I have ever read. A lot of > thought and consideration were soundly invested in that document. Clarity > on that level is HARD, but well worth the effort. I also am thinking that > the staff have just set a rather high bar for the board. Imagine if all > board resolutions were written with as just as much focus on clarity and as > on circumspection. These terms of use show it is possible. > > Birgitte SB > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
