This message was originally Telugu Wikimedia mailing list on the branding community consultation discussion, by Manoj Kulkarni. I am looping in the Indian mailing list, where this discussion was originally going on.
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 5:49 PM manoj kulkarni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to > be addressed as soon as possible. > > As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback from > the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and > report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which will > definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of almost > all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects. > > So, my questions are, > 1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the > communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates could > express their voices and concerns directly with preparation? > 2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore communities > is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities? Why > were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What > criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the voices > from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about > this? > Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for > local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other > communities and who planned for this kind of schedule? > How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community members > to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many > don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so. > > There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made > decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses that > theory. > > Hoping to get positive responses. > > Regards, > Manoj Kulkarni > _______________________________________________ > WikiTe-L mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikite-l > _______________________________________________ WikiTe-L mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikite-l
