Limited email connectivity today, but there is some discussion here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Talk:Board_of_Trustees
Will comment more soon, -Matthew On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>wrote: > Well, it was added by Matthew Roth, one of the WMF's comms people. I don't > know if it originated with him, but he should be able to tell its more. > > I agree with its removal. It's a very strange but of text to have in board > member bios. Including the board member's accomplishments is fine, but they > should be accomplishments of that member, not the whole board and certainly > not things that had little, if anything, to do with the board. > On Aug 11, 2012 7:57 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemow...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > A few days ago, along with the new trustee's biographies, a lengthy text > > has been added (three times) to <https://wikimediafoundation.** > > org/w/index.php?title=Board_**of_Trustees&oldid=83125< > https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_of_Trustees&oldid=83125 > >>, > > under the mysterious title "Tenure Accomplishments", mentioning an > > unheard-of "new format" for bios. > > As this is not about the individual trustee's activity and there were a > > number of problems, the text has been removed, but it seemed to be given > > some importance so it's been restored elsewhere, as "Summary of > > resolutions" (a more neutral term). > > You can see the history here: <https://wikimediafoundation.** > > org/w/index.php?title=**Resolutions&dir=prev&offset=** > > 20120720133234&limit=12&**action=history< > https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Resolutions&dir=prev&offset=20120720133234&limit=12&action=history > >> > > > > The worst parts have been removed or fixed, but there's still much > > objectionable content, see some examples here: < > > https://wikimediafoundation.**org/?diff=83158&oldid=83156< > https://wikimediafoundation.org/?diff=83158&oldid=83156> > > > > > It would be useful to know who's responsible for writing this piece of > > text and what purpose it's supposed to serve, so that interested people > can > > understand it and possibly help improve it. > > Thanks, > > Nemo > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l< > 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 > -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://donate.wikimedia.org* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l