+1 Shyamal It certainly makes the volunteers to draw a line on what they could volunteer easily and leaves the rest to them (and i have implied earlier about their abilities) and i afraid it's getting worse day by day. A2K might reach to thousands of people, but it is not going to help retain them and the existing users.
If A2K really care about being collaborative with the community and bringing transparency, then why it doesn't seek community's inputs? E.g. AFAIK there was no discussion on hiring an advisor, just an announcement and post-discussions (I had read that wmf had nodded it but why there was no discussion with the community!) I wonder who really needs advice! My point is rather having a paid advisor, A2K should collaborate with the community; we have experienced volunteers on wiki, on this list, and Chapter members who can advise, we have meta and such sites, where people around the world share their ideas, are great resources. (seeking feedback on already made plans is not enough.) And i know you could say that it won't be good enough. But it should be more than enough if you really care and could do it. If A2K can't seek advise from community members and it needs a paid advisor then it's not good enough for any such tasks that would benefit the movement. If A2K care on bringing transparency, why the advisor name was not mentioned after several months (since February if i'm not mistaken) till now, for that i had to ask again and again! Why? So far it looks to me, A2K just want to run the show, no matter how! And i know most of our concerns get ignored, so there is no point raising any. I shall refrain myself from now on. I think it's time the team should care about understanding the system, and how it can get voluntary support and time from the experienced users. Ansuman -- Regards, Ansuman <http://twitter.com/an5um> *ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ <http://or.wikipedia.org/>* _______________________________________________ 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
