[Foundation-l] Where we are headed

Thu Jun 1 12:35:51 UTC 2006

Andre Engels wrote:

>2006/6/1, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>:
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>>Hoi,
>>You assume that people get to know the Wikimedia Foundation through
>>Wikipedia. A common assumption but it is wrong in that the Wikimedia
>>Foundation is there not only for Wikipedia but also for Wikipedia.
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>>There are other project and when people consider things it is most
>>often seen in the light of what is good for Wikipedia must be good for
>>the rest. Well, suprise that is a fallacy.
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>This reminds me of the attitude of the founders of the Dutch Wikimedia
>chapter: "You are of the opinion that the Dutch Wikimedia chapter is
>there for Wikipedia. We're not, we're for those other projects too.
>And because of that we don't need to answer questions from people from
>Wikipedia."
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Precisely

Still no answer from these people to questions now asked months ago. The 
"ostrichpolicy" seems to work perfectly in the wikimedia organisation. 
Stick your head in the sand, refuse to answer and you will get by 
unpunished. While the people who complain get called and asked to leave 
wikimedia.

Waerth/Walter