To stay short and in addition of Seddon said: The more the Wikimedia movement/WMF chooses to pick a side by using a banner above all projects (like Wikipedia) - calling yes/no for a strike is taking a side - the more it can loose credibility. For the same reason as we do not want advertisements, we do not want to take any sides, because that can directly damage Wikipedia as being neutral, as well as being independent, and more. Therefore banners for advocacy are not done.
The only exception of having advocacy banners is in some exceptional cases where all other efforts where insufficient, and the specific legislation would have with implementation a direct influence on the key principles of Wikipedia (or other Wikimedia project). Even in such cases there need to be a local team that is completely informed about the situation, that is in direct communication with the legal department of WMF, with a common understanding between them, with a clear timeline, community approval (!) and even then we need to be as neutral as possible, not calling for action but informing why something would directly influence Wikipedia (etc). 2017-02-05 21:29 GMT+01:00 Bill Takatoshi <[email protected]>: > In the past two days I've been four off-list messages in response to > my request for proposed banner language, all but one from James > Salsman, who I recently defended here and who was subsequently "placed > on moderation." I asked moderator Richard Ames whether it would be > appropriate to forward his messages, and he said they should be sent > to the moderation queue. James then sent me a BCC of a very brief post > yesterday, which apparently has not yet been approved. James then sent > me, but not the list, arguments about the merits of the various > alternatives. I don't agree with the censorship, but in deference to > the moderator I am sending these links without James's commentary: > > http://i.imgur.com/3Fb8Zrr.png > > http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8671628/national- > strike-protest-president-donald-trump/ > > https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/5s6ay6/activists_call_for_a_ > nationwide_strike_in_protest/ddctj1h/ > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/ > 31/wheres-the-best-place-to-resist-trump-at-work/ > > https://www.thenation.com/article/throw-sand-in-the-gears-of-everything/ > > Another respondent who asked that I not use their name suggested that > an effective campaign can be patterned after this recent success: > > http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/progressive- > activism-forces-uber-ceo-break-trump > > Could we please have banner text proposals do NOT call for a general > strike? I am not suggesting it be ruled out, nor am I suggesting that > we not join the call. I am simply asking for discussion in the middle > ground. > > -Will > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
