On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:03 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Peter Southwood < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Lets get a few things in perspective: > > 1. How many community members were abusive/unreasonable/whatever beyond > > what might be considered a startle reaction to an apparent attack without > > warning? > > 2 How many people constitute this community > > Divide answer 1 by answer 2 > > > > Consider how much of the response was a snowball effect of frustration > due > > to a distinct shortage of explanation and direct answers to what might be > > considered reasonable questions. > > > > And yes, "Welcome to Wikipedia " > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > 2 is an unreasonable number to divide by when it's such a small cross > section of the actual community on these lists. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > That's a bit relative, James. The active folk on this mailing list make for a pretty good cross section of thoughts/feelings/opinions of the movement. I've refrained from this discussion and will continue to do so on specifics, because it's politics and that's not something I do on Wikipedia/Wikimedia. Things have been said in this discussion that I agree with, things have been said that I do not agree with. All in all, my opinion is not needed because it has been expressed by others, and I do not feel compelled to say my side. This is where we speak and we listen, and it is disheartening to read that you feel embarrassed to be from the community when you have to explain "drama" to them. These threads bring out the best and the worst in Wikimedians, for certain, but it's all out of cause of passion. We're here because we care, no matter the pattern or the tone of conversations. This is a global audience, intelligent, collaborative, and willing to learn. The Wikimedia Foundation is global, intelligent, and I assume good faith about collaboration and willingness to learn. Gayle's email reflects her opinion on getting this concept and working with it in the future, and I'm happy with that. All in all, I guess I just agree with Phoebe. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
