Hoi,
I do not say that te main thing is to share in the sum of all knowledge, no
matter how.
What I say is that sharing in the sum of all knowledge has primacy which is
a totally different thing. Much of what we do has been possible because of
our communities. It is therefore a vital resource and consequently enabling
our communities, taking care of the health of our communities is vitally
important. It is one of the primary tasks of a chapter and of the WMF.
When a community decides on things that prevent us from sharing in the sum
of all knowledge, it does not change our primary objective and at that
point there is an issue. A problem that is not decided by those who are
most vocal and "represent" the community. Their decision is faulty at best
and arguments need to be made and found to revisit what the "community"
decided on.
I have argued before that many Wikipedia communities restrict what
information is made available. The arguments used are in my opinion
typically wrong. It is necessary to work to undo such points of view of the
community. This can be done by a chapter, the WMF and by groups and
individuals.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8 April 2014 11:25, Steffen Prößdorf <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Gerard,
>
> thanks for pointing this out. This is just the question I mentioned on my
> blogpost.
>
> You say the main thing is to share in the sum of all knowledge, no matter
> how.
> I say the main thing is to support the communities doing this. These are
> the opposite opinions I mentioned - and we should discuss this in a very
> wide way.
>
> And that's why I cited the mission of the foundation in my blogpost, with
> the first sentence *"Our mission is to empower a global volunteer community
> to collect and develop the world's knowledge and to make it available to
> everyone for free, for any purpose."*
> Empower the community is stated there as the main thing, and not share in
> the sum of all knowledge.
>
> That's why I think this question is not answered yet, and I want to find an
> answer for WMDE at least.
>
> Best,
> Steffen
>
>
>
>
> 2014-04-08 8:22 GMT+02:00 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>:
>
> > Hoi,
> > Take one step back. What our aim is, is to share in the sum of all
> > knowledge. Arguably, this is the main and overriding objective of what we
> > do. There are many strategies to get to the point where we share
> > information. From where I stand, with Wikidata we have the opportunity to
> > do better than with an only Wikipedia strategy: with Wikipedia we share
> the
> > sum of knowledge that is available in one Wikipedia and with Wikidata we
> > share in the sum of all the knowledge that is available to us.
> >
> > Wikidata provides access to more information than any Wikipedia by a
> large
> > margin.
> >
> > There are those in our communities who aim to restrict the practices that
> > realise Wikidata as the resource of information that is available to us.
> To
> > say it in a political correct way, they can be and should be ignored.
> There
> > are organisations that want to share information with us under a CC-0
> > license and there are those who want to share information under a CC-by
> > license. The later can and should be ignored as well.
> >
> > However, when I am to argue these points in a private setting, I will say
> > that they can screw themselves. It is to make the point forcefully, it is
> > to hammer on the fact that our objective is not the community but the
> > sharing of knowledge. Yes, the community is important but that is the
> > extend of it. When we can gain authoritative information provided by a
> > GLAM, we should not consider the fact that we can enter all that
> > information by hand. Those who want to add statements by hand can do so
> but
> > they should not force their behaviour and attitudes on others.
> > Thanks,
> > GerardM
> >
> >
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