We do have a community centre. It's called Meta. It may not be a very elegant one, and there are definitely parts that can be improved, but it's our virtual community centre.
Risker/Anne On 11 September 2014 19:54, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > But we don't even have a bikeshed or a community centre yet :-P > On 12 Sep 2014 00:52, "Risker" <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 11 September 2014 19:19, Charles Gregory <wmau.li...@chuq.net> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 11/09/14 22:06, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> Personally, I have no problem with the existence of the conference, > > but > > > I > > > >> find its name alienating. Not everyone agrees with that assessment, > > but > > > >> clearly some others in this thread do. > > > >> > > > > > > > > What Pete said. > > > > > > > > We could go into issues with the exclusionary nature itself, such as > > that > > > > it would exclude representatives of groups who ran into trouble > > becoming > > > > official - despite such a conference likely being one of the best > > venues > > > > for them to bring up and discuss with relevant others how to actually > > > > address or resolve that trouble that excluded them in the first > > place... > > > > > > > > ...but that sort of thing is much harder to resolve/address. The > name, > > at > > > > least, is simple, and should also make a lot of the other problems > less > > > > glaring in the process. > > > > > > > > > > > Assuming the issue of the name is the sticking point ... > > > > > > What about the Wikimedia Meta-Conference? Or Meta-Wikimedia Conference? > > Or > > > MetaWiki Conference? > > > > > > It's more about the organisations in the background than keep the > > movement > > > going. It doesn't seem (from my second-hand knowledge of the event) > > that a > > > regular editor would get a lot out of it? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > This is the same problem. It's usurping the Wikimedia name, and this > > proposal also usurps the Meta (all communities communication forum) name. > > It is neither for Wikimedia (as a whole) nor for Meta. It's for > designated > > members of affiliates/chapters. It's okay for it to be what it is. But > > let's call it what it is. > > > > It's not about the colour of the bikeshed. It's about calling a > bikeshed a > > community centre. > > > > Risker/Anne > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
