Hello Victoria, We have received your apology, and I just wanna emphasize that if my personal opinion harms someone else's reputation, feelings, or position, then I have no right to express it. My freedom of expression ends when it becomes harmful to others.
Wishing you all the best. Thanks, RH On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 at 12:07 PM Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning > I truly appreciate your mail with the apologies and explanations. > > I wanted to say that I undertand your frustration. I was one who often > spoke her mind very candidly in the past, and ended up sometimes being too > blunt and regretted it. I know how challenging it is sometimes to refrain > speaking one's mind when part of a collective such as a board, whilst also > being a member in a community that values transparency. Several years down > the line, I exercise massive caution, in particular on mailing lists and > social media, or signing petitions ;) - the chilling effect is real. > > That being said, I think you did the right thing to suspend yourself for a > while. > > Best > > Anthere > > > Le 21/10/2025 à 09:33, Victoria Doronina a écrit : > > Dear Wikimedians > > I have been thinking more about my message to this mailing list and the > reactions it caused, and I want to offer my apologies. People who know me > know that I always speak my mind and I am a direct person. I think this is > one of the reasons people voted for me on the Board. > > When we had the Movement Charter vote last year and people were > questioning the Board’s decision, I wrote a message to explain my personal > reasons for my vote, especially since this was one of the campaign issues > in my election to the Board. I felt it was important to keep my promise. > > So I did that again here. But my mistake was that this board decision is > about people, not about a document, and people don’t deserve to be drawn > attention to in ways that can cause harm. I also understand that the > Board’s code of conduct requires Trustees to coordinate their public > communications on collective decisions, which I did not do this time. > > I am frustrated by what I see as inaccurate information about some aspects > of the election but understand that sometimes not all forms of official > communications can satisfy everyone. > > First and foremost, I would like to apologise to Ravan and Lane for any > harm I may have caused them as people. In hindsight, it sounds naive that I > did not intend it. I will tell them more personally but a public apology is > essential. I would also like to apologise to any Wikimedian who experienced > any negative emotions as a result of my letter. And I apologise to the > Board and staff as well for breaking the agreed commnucation strategy. > > I have decided to immediately suspend myself from most of the board > activities until the end of the year, in coordination with Board officers. > I will continue my Wikimedia activities such as editing, uploading photos > etc. > > Thank you for reading this letter. > > > -- > Kind regards, Victoria > Victoria Doronina > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/dr-victoria-doronina/> (she/her) > Trustee > Sister Projects Taskforce Lead > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Please help us make it a reality." > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/HZGTGJZGFD2UGWOHJWRTNFX742DZAKUM/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/TH547TUNJQ3HHSMZCHJITQNCTHZYSH6D/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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