Re: Working culture of the WMF

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Hi,


> AL2 said that we should not build publicly open tools (like a public
> version of the EIR tool) that show the impact of WMF=E2=80=99s grant fund=
ing. She
> said that this is because Wikimedia movement members will scrutinize the
> information made available through such tools and may have unfavorable
> questions about it or criticisms towards WMF because of it.


If text in article is true then following policy is relevant to this:
* - *
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_Foundation_Guidi=
ng_Principles


*This proposal has been approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees <https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/board/>.It may not be
circumvented, eroded, or ignored by Wikimedia Foundation officers or staff
nor local policies of any Wikimedia project
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/>.*
....
All software code written by the Wikimedia Foundation is licensed under an
applicable free software license. We realize our obligations not just to
share code, but to cultivate a healthy community of contributors around the
source code, and to work with upstream projects and contribute back
improvements to their code.

Br,
-- Kimmo Virtanen, Zache


On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 8:11=E2=80=AFPM Hannah Clover via Wikimedia-l <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I came across https://wikifired.org/2026/07/20/unethical-conduct today
> and unfortunately it's not the first time I've heard stories of this
> nature. I think it's important that other people are aware of it, too.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi,<br>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pa=
dding-left:1ex"><font color=3D"#45818e"><span style=3D"font-family:-apple-s=
ystem,&quot;system-ui&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,san=
s-serif,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;,&quot;Sego=
e UI Symbol&quot;;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">AL2 sai=
d that we should not build publicly open tools (like a public version of th=
e EIR tool) that show the impact of WMF=E2=80=99s grant funding. She said t=
hat this is because=C2=A0</span>Wikimedia movement members<span style=3D"fo=
nt-family:-apple-system,&quot;system-ui&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,Roboto,H=
elvetica,Arial,sans-serif,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoj=
i&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253=
,253,253)">=C2=A0will scrutinize the information made available through suc=
h tools and may have unfavorable questions about it or criticisms towards W=
MF because of it.</span></font><span style=3D"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-fami=
ly:-apple-system,&quot;system-ui&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,Roboto,Helvetic=
a,Arial,sans-serif,&quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;,&quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;=
,&quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(253,253,25=
3)">=C2=A0</span></blockquote><div><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(32,33,34);f=
ont-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(251,251,251)">If =
text in article is true then following policy is relevant to this:<i style=
=3D"">=C2=A0<br>-=C2=A0</i></span><a href=3D"https://foundation.wikimedia.o=
rg/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding_Principles">https://foundat=
ion.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding_Principles</=
a><br><span style=3D"color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:1=
4px;background-color:rgb(251,251,251)"><i style=3D""><br>This proposal has =
been approved by the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/b=
oard/" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"foundationsite:role/board/" style=3D"text-d=
ecoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px">Wik=
imedia Foundation Board of Trustees</a>.<br>It may not be circumvented, ero=
ded, or ignored by Wikimedia Foundation officers or staff nor local policie=
s of any=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia=
-projects/" class=3D"extiw" title=3D"foundationsite:our-work/wikimedia-proj=
ects/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;=
border-radius:2px">Wikimedia project</a>.</i></span><span style=3D"font-sty=
le:italic;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br>..=
..<br>All software code written by the Wikimedia Foundation is licensed und=
er an applicable free software license. We realize our obligations not just=
 to share code, but to cultivate a healthy community of contributors around=
 the source code, and to work with upstream projects and contribute back im=
provements to their code.</span><i>=C2=A0</i><br><br>Br,<br>-- Kimmo Virtan=
en, Zache<br><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_cont=
ainer"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 8:11=
=E2=80=AFPM Hannah Clover via Wikimedia-l &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:wikimedia-l=
@lists.wikimedia.org">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></d=
iv><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bord=
er-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">I ca=
me across=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://wikifired.org/2026/07/20/unethical-conduc=
t" target=3D"_blank">https://wikifired.org/2026/07/20/unethical-conduct</a>=
 today and unfortunately it&#39;s not the first time I&#39;ve heard stories=
 of this nature. I think it&#39;s important that other people are aware of =
it, too.=C2=A0</div>
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