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jhall251

@simon
Is it necessary to slam Wikipedia to make an ask for open streets? It's a turn off imo.

13 Aug 2023 at 12:38 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Simon Poole

@jhall251 Wikipedia != the Wikimedia Foundation

13 Aug 2023 at 12:45 | Open on en.osm.town
jhall251

@simon
So which one are you slamming? And why would I or any regular person make a distinction? fwiw you equate them in your post - "WMF/Wikipedia" - My point is that imo your dissing Wikipedia does not help OpenStreetMap - meant to be constructive feedback, take it or leave it.

14 Aug 2023 at 1:08 | Open on mastodon.social
Simon Poole

@jhall251 wrt financials the WMF -is- relevant as the organisations are very similar in their stated roles relative to the projects, and it is completely fair game to position oneself as different see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy (note that the assets don't include the 100 million + in the endowment).

14 Aug 2023 at 15:04 | Open on en.osm.town
jhall251

@simon

sigh. we are talking past each other. I'm trying to communicate to you that for me, someone not familiar with your org, but pretty familiar with Wikipedia, combining an ask for your org with a dunk on Wikipedia is not persuasive. You may have valid criticism of Wikipedia or WMF - combining that with asking for support for your org is not effective for me and likely for others. If you are only interested in communicating with ppl already "in the know", no prob. GL!

14 Aug 2023 at 19:01 | Open on mastodon.social
jhall251

@simon Read the linked post, interesting and I hope Wikipedia and WMF get it together. But I'll stick with my feedback re effective ask for support.

14 Aug 2023 at 19:11 | Open on mastodon.social
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