On 11 September 2014 19:19, Charles Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Isarra Yos <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/09/14 22:06, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > > >> > >> Personally, I have no problem with the existence of the conference, but > I > >> find its name alienating. Not everyone agrees with that assessment, but > >> clearly some others in this thread do. > >> > > > > What Pete said. > > > > We could go into issues with the exclusionary nature itself, such as that > > it would exclude representatives of groups who ran into trouble becoming > > official - despite such a conference likely being one of the best venues > > for them to bring up and discuss with relevant others how to actually > > address or resolve that trouble that excluded them in the first place... > > > > ...but that sort of thing is much harder to resolve/address. The name, at > > least, is simple, and should also make a lot of the other problems less > > glaring in the process. > > > > > Assuming the issue of the name is the sticking point ... > > What about the Wikimedia Meta-Conference? Or Meta-Wikimedia Conference? Or > MetaWiki Conference? > > It's more about the organisations in the background than keep the movement > going. It doesn't seem (from my second-hand knowledge of the event) that a > regular editor would get a lot out of it? > > > Regards, > > This is the same problem. It's usurping the Wikimedia name, and this proposal also usurps the Meta (all communities communication forum) name. It is neither for Wikimedia (as a whole) nor for Meta. It's for designated members of affiliates/chapters. It's okay for it to be what it is. But let's call it what it is. It's not about the colour of the bikeshed. It's about calling a bikeshed a community centre. Risker/Anne _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
