On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This Grant document for a “Knowledge Engine by Wikipedia” is > *specifically and overtly stating* that its purpose is to start work > on an search engine as a rival for Google/Yahoo. That is the end goal > of the project. See also: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/12/wikipedia_grant_build_search_engine_knight_foundation/ > It is, therefore, inconceivable to me that the Executive Director > would privately propose to an external partner that they would > undertake a 6 year project to build a search-engine that will have > massive cost, staffing, strategic and content implications - entirely > without an official WMF strategy covering that period, no indication > in the current annual plan, without the awareness of the community, > and unclearly communicated to the Board. I find the fact that this > could have been done to be a deep breach of our values - and not > wholly unrelated to the current sudden exodus of long-serving members > of WMF staff. > > > Liam / Wittylama > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
