(People keep mentioning a post limit, and I'm sure I'm going to hit it. I'll see if someone can give me a temporary exception, but I also wanted to warn that I'm in back to back meetings for the next 3 days and intend to deliberately go quiet because of that. In the evenings, I plan to be writing up my notes and reflecting on what I'm learning.)
On 2/29/16 7:41 AM, Chris Sherlock wrote: > Not at all, I apologise for any confusion I may have brought to bare > here. No problem. > FWIW, I don’t think anyone is opposed to a better search engine. I’m > rather impressed you had built one back in the day :-) Well, it wasn't anything too amazing. :) It wasn't long before Magnus Manske did the radical thing of actually using a real database, making my amateurish efforts a moot point. > I was very harsh in a reply to a blogpost by Lila on the 16th [1], > and frankly I regret the degree of hostility in that comment - I read > it now and cringe a little. We've all been through a very emotional time. > Is what I’m saying is the truth, then I do hope someone has gotten in > contact with the Knight Foundation to clarify the application? My understanding is that the Knight Foundation is fine. Keep in mind that many people have a mental model of grant making that works like this: 1. A program is announced to fund projects of a specific kind. 2. Someone writes up an application and mails it off, fingers crossed. 3. The funder decides and announces the award. In reality, it's more a conversation with multiple meetings and conversations. > If you could please advise then why we added dramatic language that > gave an impression we were building something we aren’t to the Knight > Foundation, who then funded the first tranche, then I’d appreciate > it. I wasn't involved but it seems to be a non-issue. As I am here in SF, I'll try to figure out who to ask more about our relationship with Knight. But as I say, my rough understanding is that there isn't a problem there. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
