> > *At some point of time we'll have to articulate ourselves politically.* >
If we decide to be honest with ourselves we must remember that we crossed that line when it.wiki got off-line for a very similar reason. And WMF also participated in Internet Censorship Day. not only participated - organized it - look at the bottom of this page: http://americancensorship.org/ So is not a question of IF we will be political or apolitical, is a question of if this is a case for it (and at least WMF seems to think it is.) _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 14 December 2011 21:05, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 21:38, Mateus Nobre <mateus.no...@live.co.uk> > wrote: > > It's complex, Milos. > > > > We are not activists. Being a volunteer in Wikimedia do not torn > ourselves activists. > > > > It could be, but the option to be a volunteer in Wikipedia is just a > option to share the free knowledge, not about political issues. > > > > I totally agree to fight against censorships in Internet and in real > life, I agree with that. And I fight against that. We can, as people and > citizens; But Wikimedia Foundation can't, cause we can't force the > volunteers to agree that visions. > > I know that it's complex, of course. And I know that it was necessary > to see that our bunker is on the front line to realize that it's > better to help others before. > > > We're not a political party (yet?) > > At some point of time we'll have to articulate ourselves politically. > There is relatively clear set of values behind our movement and there > are clear benefits which all humans are getting thanks to our work. > Pretending that we are apolitical makes our position worse and > inevitably leads to the crisis, like this one is. > > Leadership inside of one network, no matter how loose the connections > are inside of that network, has responsibility to raise and articulate > relevant political issues, as well. And I am glad to see that Jimmy > has taken at least the articulation role in this case. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
