On Jan 27, 2011, at 7:58 PM, MZMcBride wrote this plus some other stuff:
> Hi. > > When wikimediafoundation.org was first established (as a fishbowl wiki), > there were concerns expressed about its lack of open editing. For one of the > most prominent wiki and community-based organizations to have a closed site > for its non-profit foundation is rather silly and anachronistic. > > The wiki was created before extensions like FlaggedRevs existed, but even > today with these extensions theoretically capable of allowing outside > contributions with moderation, there are still relevant and serious concerns > about features that are enabled at wikimediafoundation.org, such as allowing > raw HTML to be used. I have to say, I rather support these changes. I've long been troubled with the perception that our own foundation-wiki was so restrictive. It seemed anti-thetical to me. I'm pleased to see steps towards opening this up. _______________________ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. pbeaude...@wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
