On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Ciell Wikipedia <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thank you Bill, I always find organisation charts very much enlightening,
> and have been missing something like it for the WMF for some time now.
>

I feel the same. We need much much more of diagramatic content and higher
level of organizational understanding for all Wikimedia contributors.



> I think all the departments of the WMF-side are equal, right? For
> instance, legal has no higher 'status' then fundraising or research:
> employees are equals, just with a different function in the
> organisation.Therefore all the different departments should be presented in
> a horizontal line, not a vertical one, like in this one
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Organisational_Chart.JPG> for
> example.
>

Kind of good point, but maybe scale (same size) is enough to represent
equals, rather than direction/orientation? Not an expert.

BTW.
.svg file export would be best
for the posibility of translation
within Wikimedia Commons ;-)


Best, Z.


> Vriendelijke groet,
> Ciell
>
>
> Op di 6 jul. 2021 om 01:03 schreef Bill Takatoshi <[email protected]
> >:
>
>> Earlier today I tried to predict what the WMF org chart will look
>> like, but I wasn't confident about my suggestion, so I created a new
>> email account, subscribed it to wikimedia-l, and tried to send from
>> there. I learned that new subscribers are moderated, which seems
>> sensible given the level of trolling and disruption, and have since
>> improved the prediction and become more confident about it. I have
>> since learned that HTML email with embedded email attachments aren't
>> allowed either, so, Moderators, please reject my earlier anonymous
>> submission(s).
>>
>> This is what I predict the Wikimedia organizational chart will look
>> like in one year's time:
>>
>>  https://i.ibb.co/HPzpqLt/WMF-orgchart.png
>>
>> Please critique it! If you are running for the Board of Directors, I
>> am especially interested in your critique of this prediction.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> -Will
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