Thank you Peter, I think the letter from the Wikimedia Foundation board chairperson about the proposed name change is very pertinent. Thank you for sharing it with us. I feel it helps clarify a number of issues for all of us.
Regards, Douglas On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 18:19, Peter Southwood <[email protected]> wrote: > I take the liberty of forwarding this message to this list, as I think it > is pertinent. > Regards, > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wikivoyage-l [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Federico Leva (Nemo) > Sent: 23 June 2020 20:56 > To: Wikimedia textbook discussion; Mailing list for Wikiversity; Wikinews > mailing list; Wikivoyage Mailing List; Mailing list for the Wikiquote > projects > Subject: [Wikivoyage-l] Community open letter on renaming Wikimedia > > [To all Wikimedia projects, minus mailing lists with an active > discussion already.] > > On August 2020, the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees may decide a > rename to "Wikipedia Foundation" and various other things. > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Board_Update_on_Branding > > > > Following a community meeting, a proposed open letter was written: > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming> > > «We ask the Wikimedia Foundation to pause or stop its current movement > renaming activities, due to persistent shortcomings in the current > rebranding process. Future work should be restarted only in a way that > ensures equitable decision-making.» > > (Sorry for the crossposting. When replying, be mindful of cc. Do > consider forwarding to language-specific discussion venues with a short > translated introduction, or translate the pages on Meta.) > > Cheers, > Federico aka Nemo > > _______________________________________________ > Wikivoyage-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivoyage-l > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
