On 21 April 2012 22:23, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 21 Apr 2012, at 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote: > > > The Chapter and the UK community are distinct, certainly. And this list > does get a lot of use for Chapter business - less so for general community > issues. > > I'm not sure why the two of you are trying to draw this line in the sand, > since I don't think it actually exists. These roles are two facets of the > same thing - those involved in the chapter are part of the UK community, > and those involved in the community part of the chapter. We're all > Wikimedians, and we're all contributing to the Wikimedia 'movement'. The > more overlap between these two facets, the better. > > Thanks, > Mike > > Hmm. That line in the sand seems critical. I'd hate for it to reach a point whereby to be a UK Wikimedian meant being part of Wikimedia UK. I consider those two roles, for myself, to be distinct. There are thousands of UK Wikimedians with no interaction or interest in WMUK - and that is fine. Someone could disagree entirely with the idea of chapters, or specifically the UK chapter, but still be a Wikimedian. That is the beauty of the movement. Indeed; numerous high profile and prolific Wikipedians are not part of WMUK. And to take that a step further, some of us active in WMUK are not particularly active Wikipedians. Tom
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