[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l

Recall https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-November/075480.html

On Mon Nov 24 21:19:46 2014, svetlana <svetlana@fastmail.com.au> wrote
I maintain that I would love to have a formal universal feedback
channel for Chapters work. It has to be drama-free, but transparent,
and not moderated.

Feedback is occasionally not negative, and may contain thorough project ideas.

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svetlana

On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 18:03, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> As there is this constant call for more paper work for chapters, it has to
> be understood that this is exactly what kills the productivity of chapters.
> There are always more people with their opinion why this that or the other
> is amiss. They all have their arguments why they think they are right and
> consequently contribute to the noise level that is already way too high.
>
> If anything we should look for ways of appreciating the effect of chapters
> that does not make them beholden to every John Dick AND Harry and at the
> same time gives them equal space to move as effectively as the Wikimedia
> Foundation itself.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> On 23 November 2014 at 23:02, svetlana <svetlana at fastmail.com.au> wrote:
>
> > To clarify: I would like to see a more strong mechanism for review of
> > Chapters work. This includes thorough feedback channels about how Chapters
> > communicate, how they spend their funding. Including means to dissolve a
> > Chapter if a large chunk of people believes it is not working well (such
> > as, providing inadequate support to the Wikimedia movement).
> >
> > This feedback channel is probably not here, but I feel this list could be
> > an appropriate place to discuss how the above could be implemented.
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 08:28, svetlana wrote:
> > > I disagree, the question raised is relevant to the Wikimedia movement as
> > a whole.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 02:37, Austin Hair wrote:
> > > > Fae,
> > > >
> > > > Please do not drag this list into whatever trouble you've found
> > > > yourself in on another. Wikimedia-l is neither a court of appeals for
> > > > Wikimedia-related lists nor a bullhorn for your personal grievances.
> > > >
> > > > Austin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Fæ <faewik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi Darcy,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am concerned at what appears to be deliberate suppression of
> > > > > questions raising governance related issues from the wikimedia UK
> > > > > email list. The email below is an example. The list was always
> > > > > intended to be independent of the UK chapter, though one of the
> > > > > moderators is one of your employees.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could you please confirm that neither you, nor your employees, are
> > > > > manipulating this public list to your political advantage.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Fae
> > > > >

On 1/9/15, Toby Dollmann <toby.dollmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> Long Answer:
>
> Your email ID was identified, from your internet behavior and websites
> you visit, as a lesbian or associated with Gay rights .
>
> It was then added to a database. The data base was compiled to a mailing
> list.
>
> A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an
> individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients.
> The term is often extended to include the people subscribed to such a
> list, so the group of subscribers is referred to as "the mailing
> list", or simply "the list".
>
> You can educate yourself at Wikipedia, one of the LGBT friendly
> educational sites you frequent.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailing_list This article does not have
> any reliable sources since 2007.
>
> Short Answer:
> F*** Off
>
> Toby
>
> On 1/9/15, svetlana <svetlana@fastmail.com.au> wrote:
>> How did this message reach me?
>>
>> --
>> svetlana
>>
>

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