[Foundation-l] Election Results

Wed Aug 12 20:48:32 UTC 2009

Let me clarify: I'm not actually arguing that anything is wrong with the
election system, the results, or having old hands on the Board. On the
contrary. I'm just wondering if this election (even if it's not unusual)
might be conflated with the PARC stats on the community that have gotten so
much attention from the media lately. That's all.
Steven Walling

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> On 8/12/09 12:07 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
> > While I personally am very pleased with the results, I wonder how the
> > election results will be perceived outside Wikimedia.
> > With numerous media outlets reacting to PARC's research about the state
> of
> > the community, I fear this endorsement of seemingly "old guard"
> Wikimedians
> > as our Board representation will support claims about the community
> becoming
> > unfriendly to new participants.
> > Thoughts? Am I being too nervous, or do others see that potential too?
>
> On the contrary, getting the old guard more active is essential in
> resolving such community issues -- Wikipedia was much more
> newbie-friendly in its first couple of years than it is today, and we
> need to recover that spirit.
>
> -- brion
>
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