Thanks Brian!
That's exactly what this e-mail was for. I was also wondering, what happened to him
personally, however, it's more than ok and his own decision to not say anything about
it. However, like Brian wrote already, Robla had (as far as I know) a very good standing
in the community and it would be a good communication about what happened (in any way),
instead of "just" disabling his account.
However, this e-mail is (and wasn't at any time) to make anyone sad about anything,
and it makes me sad, that the thread resulted in this feeling for some people :(
Best,
Florian
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Von: Wikitech-l [mailto:wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von bawolff
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. November 2016 21:07
An: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Betreff: Re: [Wikitech-l] What happened to RobLa?
Robla obviously deserves his privacy if he wants that. However I think its rather natural
for people to wonder "What happened" when an employee who is as much in the
public spotlight as robla is, suddenly and unexpectedly leaves.
Obviously just because it is "natural" doesn't mean we deserve answers. I
think Wes's short email was sufficient in terms of answering the what happened
question. However, simply putting a global lock on someone's account (Which was the
state of things before this
thread) is not good communication and bound to raise eyebrows.
There is also the more pragmatic question of how Robla's responsibilities will be
transferred. Robla did a lot for MediaWiki, and transitions are scary. Transitions with no
information are even scarier. How will Robla's initiatives be carried forward? Is the
architecture committee mature enough to continue on purely its own steam without Robla
pushing it forward? How does this affect the "vision" for MediaWiki (emphasis on
MediaWiki, not Wikimedia)? Will development of Wikimedia's technology further devolve
into independent fiefdoms without Robla balancing the architecture needs of different
groups? All these concerns are in my mind, and I think the minds of others. It would be
nice to get some reassurance about what is going to happen next.
--
Brian
[To be 100% clear, posting with my volunteer hat firmly on]
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Jonathan Morgan <jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
+1 Petr. This thread makes me sad and uncomfortable.
- J
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Toby Negrin <tnegrin(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thank you Petr. Well said!
-Toby
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 2:39 AM, Petr Bena <benapetr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I don't like to sound like a bad guy, but I really find it quite
inappropriate to discuss this sort of stuff on a public mailing list.
This really is a personal matter. If he didn't post any dramatical
announcement perhaps he wanted to "leave quietly"?
You know, people sometimes do this sort of stuff for very personal
reasons, they just don't want to discuss with public, and who
knows, maybe he would return back one day? He wouldn't be first to
do that :) Or maybe he is going to stick around as a volunteer?
Let's be optimistic!
If you really want to know the details, you can always ask him
directly. Fortunately he is not dead, so no need to mourn him. As
an employee of WMF, he was always very friendly and extremely
useful, so indeed I /do/ hope he will stay with us, at least as a volunteer.
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Tilman Bayer
<tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 3:54 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <
nemowiki(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> As a reminder on goodbyes, WMF HR used to announce everyone's
> last day
at
>>
https://identi.ca/wikimediaatwork (can't take more than a couple
>> minutes); then the announcements became monthly, then quarterly;
>> then
we
> lost
this courtesy as well
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik
> i/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_reports#Staff .
As already noted higher up on that talk page, that's a misconception.
Timely updates now happen on the WMF wiki instead, where RobLa's
departure
had already been recorded by HR before you sent
this email:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Staff_
and_
contractors&action=history
>
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Senior Analyst
Wikimedia Foundation
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