Logic, thanks for your explanation. I asked th question only after talking to both Pradeep and more importantly Bala at our meetup yesterday. Had they not pointed out, I wouldn't've bothered asking.
On 11/12/2011, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 23:39, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hisham, I don't understand why the Executive Committee offer to be >> informed 48 HOURS in advance of the community. Isn't Wikipedia a >> community based system? If the chapter or trust is everything then >> what is the community sitting here to do? I know I sound rude, but I >> fail to understand why some people get prior preference. Especially >> after I spend an entire day talking to newcomers telling them that >> everyone in Wiki is equal. >> > > Srikanth, > > Real world is cruel. So the Chapter / Trust might not want to AGF with > community / outside world and hence have set some mechanisms. While they > are sometimes on the firing line(like what happened on Conference with > agitation), its not always that every damn thing requires closed > communication / not assuming good faith. But the question of drawing the > line depends on which side of the fence you are sitting. You will > understand more on hierarchy / "everyone being equal" as you see more of > outside world. If you are against hierarchy, just don't be a part of it. > But you cant complain its existence, sadly thats how the offline world is. > At the end of the day, Chapter / Trust which ever organization cannot do > things without community support / goodwill on Wiki Projects, so don't take > this too much into yourself. There have been several incidents of community > outrage whenever an organization(both internal to movement and external > like Google/Microsoft/most recently the Harvard) tried to involve citing > mutual benefits. Its just part of the game, when it goes to extreme of > hurting the community, the community will stand up and shout. Bala had > proposed an interesting talk on the same lines at Conference CfP, but > he couldn't make it. May be he may write more. > > -- > Regards > Srikanth.L > -- Sent from my mobile device Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
