[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Dutch chapter

Tue Apr 18 20:31:25 UTC 2006

I agree with Andre. Nor the Dutch foundation, nor the Dutch association has 
a broad support in Dutch community. The community has hardly any influence 
to the foundation and the association. A lot of users are complaining.

The foundation and the association could do a great job for our project, but 
as soon as they get any special power to the encyclopedia, there will come 
troubles.

So, I have no problem with the foundation and the association, but they 
shouldn't have any power to the Wikimedia Projects and they shouldn't have 
any official position within WMF.

Johan Bos (nl:Jcb)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Moeller" <eloquence at gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:29 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Dutch chapter

> I'm forwarding this to foundation-l as it seems to be the more
> relevant list. Thread so far at:
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-April/thread.html#44205
>
> Erik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com>
> Date: Apr 18, 2006 4:52 PM
> Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Dutch chapter
> To: wikipedia-l at wikimedia.org
>
>
> I think I speak for most of the Dutch Wikipedians if I say:
> * Neither the Dutch Wikimedia Foundation (Stichting Wikimedia
> Nederland) nor the Dutch Wikimedia Association (Vereniging Wikimedia
> Nederland) has the right to influence the content and procedures of
> the Dutch Wikipedia
> * The board of neither has any formal special position on the Dutch 
> Wikipedia
> * At least the Dutch Wikimedia Foundation should not be allowed to
> speak in name of the Dutch Wikipedia
> * The Wikimedia Foundation is hereby requested not to give the Dutch
> Wikimedia Foundation the status of chapter or any similar status
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Andre Engels, andreengels at gmail.com
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