On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 1:35 AM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com>wrote:
> as i overrun my monthly limit of mails allowed on this list already, > and i do not want an unrelated discussion on a public mailing list, > this in private: > > nathan, would you be so kind to invest a little bit more thought into > your mails? i pay bandwith for receiving your mails, and thousands of > others also. just a couple of questions you might consider answering > for yourself before contributing to a discussion about ticket prices > on wikimania: > * do you edit wikipedia, and how much? > * if you do not edit, why? and why you use the time to write emails? > and make others read your emails? > * do you give money to wikimedia, and how much? > * do you write software for wikimedia, and how much? > * do you participate in conferences, meetings, and how many? > * do you know accounting, and are able to calculate "the price of > attending"? > * if paid persons help organizing, this means a conference in UK is > much more expensive than say in tansania? > * should we host conferences then only in low wage, good connected > cities, like mumbai? > * if you go, what persons you want to meet there? beggars? subsidized > people? not price sensitive people? > * if you give money, would you like to attach a string, like "only for > server operations"? > * did you ever think that subsidizing people who need is a government > business in many countries? > * do you think i missed some angles in the above list? > > i even did a little research before sending this email. if you look at > your stats, you write minimum 10-20 mails to "the movement" every > month: > * http://www.infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/ScanMail/Nathan.html > * http://www.infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/ScanMail/_PowerPosters.html > > and by writing such emails, you even earn recognition: > > http://sciencepolice2010.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/the-wiki-wankers-2-nathan-awrich/ > > i'd be really glad to see mails from you where i can notice that you > put some work into that mail, which helps me to learn new things, get > new angles, and progress. and i even would not care if, instead 20, i > only have to read 2 a month. > > best regards and a happy sunday, > rupert. > > Hi Rupert, I've been reading and responding to the list since 2007. I edit the English Wikipedia from time to time, under my name or anonymously, although not nearly as much as I used to... but I remain a believer in and supporter of the Wikimedia movement, and I try to keep current on its progress. Once in awhile I offer my thoughts on one of the mailing lists, and I have donated money in the past (but not since WMF revenue crested into the tens of millions). I do attend conferences, and I am familiar with the principles of accounting. It is true that sometimes I get "recognition" of the type you link to, where a banned user researched my background, discussed it on his blog, labeled me a psychopath and suggested I be fired from my job. Along with an old threat of a lawsuit from an Italian megamillionaire, I consider such interactions the price of supporting Wikimedia under my real identity. Yet though I have answered your questions, I no more need to justify how I use my time to you than I do to the "sciencepolice" blogger. If you would prefer not to waste bandwidth on receiving my posts, feel free to filter them out. I won't return the favor, because telling people I disagree with to sit down and shut up just isn't my style. Have a great rest of the weekend yourself, Nathan _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
