Hello Rogol,
> > > > Whether the staff concerned feel it's a good use of their time to respond > > in detail on Meta or on this email list, who knows. There is always a > > judgement call to be made about what it's helpful for staff to spend > their > > time replying to. However, if I was in their position, looking at the > > nature of comments on Wikipedia Weekly, on Meta and in this thread, I > would > > probably not be leaping to provide a full and thorough response. > > > In the interests of improving communications between staff and the > community of volunteers and donors, please indicate how a request might > have been framed that would have encouraged your colleagues "to provide a > full and thorough response"? > > Just to be clear they aren't "my colleagues" :) However I would suggest that the following things make it less likely to be worth responding: * Many of the points the WMF could make have already been said by community members, either on Facebook or on Meta. (For instance, in the words of one Wikimedian who is normally unafraid to express his criticisms of the WMF, "Organisation has desire and strategy to maximise positive media coverage. Shock horror. Film at 11.") * Despite the issue having been raised in three different fora, the number of community members who are expressing concerns remains countable on the fingers of two hands. * Given that the criticisms are expressed as selective quotes without any appreciation of context (either from the document or the wider environment), the staff who would be inclined to respond are probably concerned that any response they gave would also be selectively quoted to misconstrue what they were saying * The whole idea that there was something wrong here started on the Wikipediocracy forums, which is a hotbed of crackpot Wikiconspiracy Of course I wouldn't suggest any of these is an absolute counterindication for WMF staff wishing to spend their time responding to the issue, but it all adds up... Regards, Chris _______________________________________________ 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
