Hoi,
You may, but you will only get a subset of the people who have an opinion
going there. Common sense also dictates that you have to see the limit of
what you propose in the sense of who you will reach.
I for one read this thread and will not go to Meta.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 7 October 2015 at 16:35, Steinsplitter Wiki <[email protected]>
wrote:
> You can post on VP that there is such a poll on :m:
>
> Common sense.
>
> > From: [email protected]
> > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 14:39:11 +0100
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by Signpost
> >
> > Steinsplitter, with respect (and I mean that!), I don't think a poll on
> > meta would be enough. For something this big, either we get the views of
> > the community as a whole - including those who don't read meta - or we
> come
> > up with another way (eg a committee). A small poll on meta would not be
> > representative enough.
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
> >
> > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
> 4LT.
> > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> >
> > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
> >
> > On 7 October 2015 at 12:04, Steinsplitter Wiki <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > A small poll on meta would be enough.
> > >
> > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 19:14:59 +0000
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by
> Signpost
> > > >
> > > > If you want the views of everyone on every project... then yes, I do.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 20:14 MF-Warburg <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Do you really believe the community consists of several 100.000
> people?
> > > > > Am 06.10.2015 21:01 schrieb "Joseph Fox" <[email protected]
> >:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 17:27 Steinsplitter Wiki <
> > > > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > To be honest: I am not surprised at all.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation is becoming moor and moor centralized.
> They no
> > > > > > longer
> > > > > > > care about the community, even if there is huge community
> consensus
> > > > > about
> > > > > > > something.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why is there a secret committee needed? It is easier to ask the
> > > > > > community.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While I agree it's important to sort things with the community
> (since
> > > > > that
> > > > > > is the lifeblood of the projects), are you seriously suggesting
> that
> > > it's
> > > > > > easier to gauge the consensus of hundreds of thousands of people
> > > rather
> > > > > > than make a decision in a smaller committee, secret or otherwise?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Joe
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am disappointed
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 18:13:13 -0400
> > > > > > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > > > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by
> > > Signpost
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Evidently the Signpost has scooped the WMF by revealing that
> > > Montreal
> > > > > > has
> > > > > > > > been selected for the 2017 Wikimania host city in a secret
> > > process
> > > > > that
> > > > > > > > completed this past August. [1]
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It seems like the community could have been looped into this
> new
> > > > > method
> > > > > > > > before it was a done deal.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > ~Nathan
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > [1]
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-30/News_and_notes
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