as Asaf said - they heard the concerns and proceeded anyway. further engagement is a waste of emotional energy. we should think about branding of wikisource & transcription as a part of global transcription efforts. It is a loose network, but we could be outreaching and organizing more. cheers.
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 4:37 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nicolas VIGNERON, 19/06/20 10:58: > > Still, I > > think that the name "Wikipedia" overtaking the whole movement is a bad > > symbol and an invisibilization of other Wikimedia projects. > > Yes, so Wikisource users (and all other Wikimedia projects too) should > make their specific concerns heard. > > It wouldn't be the first time that the WMF board has let the WMF staff > spend years and millions on some controversial pet project only to > reverse it at the very last minute because of universal opposition. It's > tiring that WMF never learns, but we know that promoting free knowledge > is a constant struggle. > > I'm not sure at the moment whether participating in the closed-source > survey does any good, given it's subject to manipulation (aka political > spin), but it doesn't preclude other initiatives. > > Federico > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l _______________________________________________ Wikisource-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l
