User talk:LDickinson (WMF)

Response requested

On 5 September 2023 you made several claims at Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-08-31/In the media#Orlowski.

Within a day the Wikipedia community asked multiple questions about those claims.

It has been 10 days and you have not responded in any way.

I am asking you to please engage in a conversation with the volunteers who are working to build the encyclopedia. --Guy Macon Alternate Account (talk) 22:06, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

(...Sound of Crickets...) --Guy Macon Alternate Account (talk) 21:51, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Seconded. Andreas JN466 07:42, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

@Guy Macon Alternate Account and @Jayen466: Please see a response here. LDickinson (WMF) (talk) 20:52, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Refusal to actually answer the questions multiple editors are asking duly noted. --Guy Macon Alternate Account (talk) 23:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Some people say that biological sex is a real thing and that a host of generalizations can be drawn from that bifurcation. One of those is that males tend to be more interested in things than people while women are the opposite. Some people with psychology degrees (not me) might also conclude that replying to questions about accountability with a statement that one feels attacked or uncomfortable are typical of those who are more interested in people than things. If I were asking questions about accountability, I might prefer to ask someone who is biologically predisposed to accept confrontation and answer those questions directly. Again, all of this rests on stated priors. I think collaborative projects with unequal levels of power requires measures of accountability. I might assume that someone who claimed to be a leader in external communications would be proficient in responding to customer concerns, from customers who are neither happy nor patient. I don't see how a collaborative project could succeed when those in power are clearly not up to the implicit task of managing confrontation. I insist that WMF become adept at facing confrontation from the editors. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)