2008/12/14 AndrewRT <[email protected]>: > The general consensus among the Board was that we shouldn't really get > involved as we didn't yet have chapter status. Individuals were > encouraged to do what they could but the Board decided to stay stum > itself and leave David and others to take the lead. Is everyone > comfortable that that was the right decision?
FWIW, I emphasised to everyone I spoke to (and it mostly was clear in press articles and Today show - not C4) that I was speaking as a volunteer and not officially. In cases like this that can be very important ... > Presumably once Wiki UK is recognised as the chapter you would expect > it to take more of a lead? It would be the organisation to speak to. e.g. "While WMUK quite definitely does not control or publish the content on Wikipedia, we nevertheless find the censorship of encyclopedia text a worrying development for education and informing people in the UK" would be a perfect hypothetical comment, for example. You *can* comment on freedom to educate and inform in the UK without crossing any streams, I should think. - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
