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I agree that there is a complete culture mismatch. People come in with a mindset shaped by Silicon Valley and the nonprofit sector. It all seems to be about "or
by akolbe 5y ago
I agree that there is a complete culture mismatch. People come in with a mindset shaped by Silicon Valley and the nonprofit sector. It all seems to be about "organisational growth" and making money, money, money. Lots of committees, bureaucracy, policies written by people who have never contributed one word to Wikipedia, pages and pages of management-consultant-speak on Meta.
The "Universal Code of Conduct" for example which they are intent on ramming down the community's throat is a complete disaster. But rather than looking at the problems with the text, they are busy having another committee write enforcement guidelines for it ... even though no community has approved the UCoC.
Generally speaking, the Wikimedia Foundation has had some really poor leadership over the years. Well, let's say "mixed" to be charitable.