It's pretty obvious that there are some back-justifications being made for a blatantly imperfect decision. There are both real strengths and benefits to the decision (making print copies easily accessible) as well as deep flaws (promoting an exclusive relationship with a for-profit company).
It would probably be best if the PediaPress relationship were handled like Wikipedia's other link-to-outside-entities, such as Special:BookSources. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Noein <prono...@gmail.com> wrote: > -----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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
