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:: Thank you for the detailed response. I'm going to respond in a series of new topics, rather than trying to interleave a reply. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 02:50, 17 May 2020 (UTC) |
:: Thank you for the detailed response. I'm going to respond in a series of new topics, rather than trying to interleave a reply. -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 02:50, 17 May 2020 (UTC) |
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== EPOV editorial board == |
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In [[#Anonymous editors and EPOV]], I referred to edits made by pseudonymous editors as equivalent to anonymous editors. Psephomancy pointed out that they weren't the same, and questioned my inherent skepticism. I won't get into that yet, but remind me to further articulate my position in a future response. |
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[[User:Psephomancy]], you said you're also having a tough time keeping up with [[User:BetterVotingAdvocacy]]'s enthusiasm. Question: what are you doing about it? You claim "''You know my real name''". Do I? Really? I'm being burdened with keeping track of several pseudonyms, along with many pseudonyms of [[Miraheze]] staff and board members as part of my board responsibilites, along with a vaguely plausible description of who you are in a brief email exchange. That's probably good enough for an online discussion, but setting legal and behavior standards for an online, global publishing platform requires a little more trust than is possible to achieve in a short email exchange. |
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I think the [[Electowiki:EPOV]] editorial board is going to have to get to know each other ''a little'' better so that we can establish a more trusting relationship as we work together. We probably need to schedule a periodic phone call during the COVID-19 lockdown (or ''at least'' a periodic Discord meeting). We probably need a third EPOV editorial board member. I would like to recruit that person from [[EM list]] (and I'm pleased that several of the regulars from that list have accounts here). I'd also be delighted to recruit that person from our editor community (e.g. I see several names I know and trust in [https://electowiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&offset=&limit=500 the Electowiki user list]), and I'm pretty sure at least one of them made a generous donation in fundraising drive by the [[Miraheze]] SRE team: https://www.gofundme.com/f/7uj22x-help-miraheze-stay-online . And I'm sure it wasn't just [[User:Southparkfan]]. :-D For the record, I also donated to [[Miraheze]] at least a couple times in the past year (and at least once in the Gofundme drive, IIRC). '''Everybody who cares about this conversation should donate a little bit too'''. You don't have to tell me how much you donated, but the more you donate and can point to proof, the more I'll trust you. |
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Funding shouldn't matter to editorial content and as once was said "[[wikipedia:Freedom of the press#Relationship to self-publishing|Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one"]]. It's cheaper than ever to host a domain, and starting a new [[Miraheze]]-based wiki is free. But, [[User:Psephomancy|Psephomancy]], ''you specifically'' pestered me to put [[wikipedia:HTTP 301|HTTP 301 redirects]] in place to make sure that electowiki.org showed up higher in the search results than wiki.electorama.com. Did I make the right decision? I'm truly not sure that I did. I think [[Miraheze]] is an awesome [[MediaWiki]] host, and I think Electowiki has a lot of promise here. But I don't want Electowiki to become a haven for [[wikipedia:Template:Voting_systems|electoral systems]] editors that get themselves banned from [[Wikipedia]]. And I'm tired of seeing things posted on Electowiki that would pass muster on the [[EM list]]. But I suppose I should start a different topic about that. |
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In the meantime, how do we form a proper editorial board? How often should we meet? What is going to be our official communication tool for private communication between EPOV editorial board members? -- [[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 04:26, 17 May 2020 (UTC) |