-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13/11/2010 17:51, SlimVirgin wrote: > I understand exactly what you're saying, Ting, and I appreciate your > thoughtful response. I suppose my reaction is an emotional one, but > I'd argue no less valid for that. It's that much of the content of > Wikipedia is written and administered by a surprisingly small number > of people. We do it for nothing because we believe in the concept of > free (in all senses) information. But now to the left of my vision, > with every edit I make, there is a "create book" button, where a > private company is quite openly making money from our work. That feels > discouraging.
Indeed. There seems to be a significant divergence in the interpretation of the Wikipedia mission between the Foundation and the community. Added to lots of other hints, it makes me wonder how much the WMF is representative of the general community. Is this gap real? Am I badly informed? In any way, shouldn't the WMF be subordinate to the community's will? I have the current understanding that this is not at all the case. Could someone take a little of his or her time to explains to me the general idea of what the relationship between the WMF and the community should be? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM3xACAAoJEHCAuDvx9Z6LSIAIAL+Hzv+dWSNaSymxDbyD9VbG Rsl8js50KC161+hEEKrtlqgahawnqwb8ZH79TZ+RLxVn4+o1uxIlgr8EN/h0CtqD 3ViO7+hQX0a26KNph/2kxV6VFRfPr93VguEAsQRGXqIr6QNuwwrgEvyCdlz21FHP X4vUyVOWJkvCXxJNJ50J3HaAGy1hy2RYckWvHvWrSv4Ppq6QdPUNhAJgzDIqSpyX mqdnLxsrOA6LzSetSt8B0EJ05c+AcZbaesvGhmqLHIetBlfQdsOyOqbxH8vEK52i yBsG1T2EbY4erlNQ7OAWEPFc9suLuAACtPjBZY1LFIrFW1Wxt6rl6EBLeLrAHw8= =b7Ep -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
