While i fully understand that contents on a domain called wikimediafoundation should be foundation managed (i see your point though that a notification would have been nice), i do not appreciate that a blog on wikimedia.org has no volunteer administrators. The project domains are core to the wikimedia volunteer based movement.
Rupert. Am 12.05.2013 19:59 schrieb "Florence Devouard" <[email protected]>: > On 5/11/13 10:03 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > >> On 11.05.2013 21:26, David Gerard wrote: >> >>> On 11 May 2013 19:45, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> i would have expected a "movement blog" behind this URL, appropriate >>>> to the usage of the domain, but i am not sure if i am completely >>>> misreading this? >>>> >>> >>> >>> Comcom has been actively seeking more contributions from people other >>> than Foundation staff. Most chapters have their own blog, but posts >>> from them for the Wikimedia blog are in practice heartily welcomed. >>> (Particularly in multiple languages.) There's even posts about >>> projects other than Wikipedia or Commons ;-) Matthew Roth can probably >>> clarify (cc'd). >>> >>> >>> - d. >>> >>> >> At this point I am lost. Comcom is made of the representative of >> chapters, right? (I just happen to know this because the representatives >> of the Russian chapter there have hmm... complicated relations with the >> communities of Russian language projects). Is the blog then the business >> of WMF and chapters? >> >> Cheers >> Yaroslav >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> >> > > > The blog and comcom are actually quite separated. > > The blog appears to be primarly Wikimedia Foundation blog, but they love > "invited posts" that feeds the stream. > > Comcom is made of many different types of people. Staff and volunteers. > WMF and chapters. Affiliated or non affiliated. > > Flo > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
