Hi Douglas, Is there any consensus from WMZA on a position regarding the proposal?
Cheers,
P
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From: WikimediaZA [mailto:wikimediaza-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Douglas
Scott
Sent: 24 June 2020 23:22
To: wikimediaza
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] FW: [Wikivoyage-l] Community open letter on renaming
Wikimedia
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 <peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
wrote:
I take the liberty of forwarding this message to this
list, as I think it
is pertinent.
Regards,
Peter
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From: Wikivoyage-l [mailto:wikivoyage-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] 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/Boar…
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
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