[Foundation-l] WMF and the press

Sun Apr 27 18:53:56 UTC 2008

--- On Sun, 4/27/08, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] WMF and the press
> To: birgitte_sb at yahoo.com, "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 1:47 PM
> Hoi,
> There are two opposing forces, there are those that want to
> present a
> positive face to the WMF and there are those who consider
> that everything
> should be in the open and everything is permitted to be
> said. The argument
> that negative publications impact the ability to raise
> funds is a powerful
> one. There have been people that have indicated never to
> donate to the WMF
> again. When I talk with people from organisations about the
> WMF, I am often
> asked about the latest reason why Wikipedia / the WMF is in
> imminent danger
> of collapse... I get used to it.

If those are really the only two opposing forces you must be able to see that one will always be able to ensure the other fails even if it does not manage to completely succeed itself.  It is logically impossible for "present a positive face to WMF" to prevail over "everything should be open".  So why are people still fighting a lost cause?

Birgitte SB

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