[Foundation-l] Contact from Chile

Tue Mar 18 16:03:47 UTC 2008

Perhaps you should assume good faith.

My point was that Alejandro seems to know very little about our
organization, thus he would probably not be the best person to start a
Wikimedia chapter in Chile at this point. You are placing too much of
your hope on his shoulders, it seems.

Mark

On 17/03/2008, Robert Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
> Mark Williamson wrote:
>  > Well, we already have plenty of Chileans working at Wikipedia and
>  > related projects.
>  >
>  > Mark
>  >
>
>
> That is a rather flippant remark here.  Of course there are plenty of
>  Chileans working in Wikipedia.... likely even on the English language
>  edition.
>
>  I'm suggesting that you shouldn't be so callous as to think everybody
>  who makes a remark like Alejandro is completely familiar with the
>  organization of the Wikimedia Foundation and even ways that they may be
>  able to contribute.  Remarks like this are not only not helpful, but
>  demonstrate a decidedly hostile attitude toward new users and people
>  outside of the select few who are regular posters here.
>
>  I'm not exactly sure what the status of Wikimedia Chile may be, as the
>  closest chapter I can find is the one in Argentina.  If somebody has
>  taken the time to even discover the existence of this list and post a
>  question in the first place, it shows they have quite a bit of
>  self-initiative, particularly considering that Alejandro may not even
>  speak English as his primary language.  I sure hope this isn't a typical
>  attitude of those who post on this list in a regular fashion.
>
>
>  -- Robert Horning
>
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