On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > I left a message on the talk page about the definition of "groups" in the > context of Movement Roles Project last week. I also brought this up in the > IRC hour a week ago. I know the intention here is to be as inclusive as > possible, but can we start to classify what "groups" are expected to be > included in the project. > > A little more clarification about these "groups" would be greatly helpful > either on wiki or the mailing list. > > I would assume that chapters are one such groups that are definitely going > to be included in the classification, if so, can we at least include them > somewhere so people have a general idea here about the context or what's > expected.
"Groups" is definitely the vaguest part of the roles matrix. Figuring out what that means is what we're doing now, and it will surely be refined as the project goes on. As used in the working session that produced the matrix, "groups" was "anything between one person and a Wikimedia chapter." How that's defined is something that's dogged everyone who's worked with Wikimedia organizations (and non-organizations, and un-organizations, &c.) since Wikimedians started organizing. Nobody has that definition, so far—it's this project's goal to find one. There's clearly a gray area between one random dude and Wikimedia Deutschland or WMF Inc.—one of the great things about what we do is having random people get together and do stuff, with varying levels of organization. The idea is to clarify who does what, and how that entity works with related entities. There's currently a copy of the matrix[0] that anyone can edit. If you think that it needs more discussion, there's also a talk page[1], which is anxiously looking for contributors. If I can clarify anything else about the process, please ask. Austin [0] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_project/Roles_Matrix#The_Roles_Matrix:_Reloaded [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_roles_project/Roles_Matrix _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
