[Foundation-l] An observation on languages

Fri Jan 25 07:41:45 UTC 2008

Hoi,
There is too much noise on the line, there are too many people who are only
negative and without respect. This has resulted among other things in Mike
Godwin no longer posting on this list. I have urged people to be polite. I
have spoken passionately about this. The only result I got at the time is
that people say something about "freedom of speech".

This "freedom of speech" makes the list more and more irrelevant. When
people complain that the organisation is becoming less transparant, it is
this what is to blame. People give up when there is only the crisis of the
day to be discussed and when what Kelly Martin has to say is taken as the
gospel.

I am wondering less and less. Many of the things I really have to say, I say
on my blogs. It is that I advocate certain causes otherwise I would not be
here anymore because it is increasingly becoming a waste of time.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On Jan 25, 2008 6:10 AM, <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:

> Looking over this list for the past couple of months, several key issues
> have been discussed. I notice, however, that most of the discussion is by
> members of the English projects, with the notable exception of Gerard. In
> comparison, two years ago on Foundation-l and three and four years ago on
>  Wikipedia-l
> (pre-Foundation-l), there was much more vigorous participation from
> representatives of other projects. In fact, that is what made Wikipedia a
> truly
> international organization.
>
> I wonder where so many of the participants of those discussions have
> drifted. Is the discussion taking place on chapter lists, at the expense
> of  the
> Foundation umbrella, or is it taking place on internal-l, at the expense
> of
> transparency.
>
> Regardless, it seems that this list is missing out.
>
> Danny
>
>
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