[Foundation-l] Access to academic journals (was Re: Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser)

Wed Mar 16 15:41:42 UTC 2011

>> I object to the GA/FA/etc requirement.  There are a lot of content
>> editors out there who won't go near the FA mafia.
>>
>> I use that term carefully, and hopefully without inciting a great
>> backlash.  The people involved in the GA/FA etc process are welcome as
>> far as I am concerned to keep doing what they're doing, but I don't
>> want membership in that community to be a gatekeeper requirement for
>> other participation.
>>
> GA is a very open process. It just takes one person to give a positive
> review and an article is promoted. It isn't a major hurdle in the way
> FA can be, and the proposed parameters for the Credo accounts (when I
> last saw them) included a willingness to nominate an article for GA or
> FA within the next 12 months, which is barely a hurdle at all.
> 
> Sarah

Guys, sometimes you talk (and behave) like only English Wikipedia exists
and nothing else. 

Cheers
Yaroslav