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node.ue at gmail

Jun 22, 2008, 8:04 PM

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Re: Please REJECT the latin wikinews project. inmediatly [In reply to]

Well then, what do we have to do to show we have a consensus? A straw
poll? Or do we need an angry mob?

Mark

2008/6/22 Jesse Plamondon-Willard <pathoschild [at] gmail>:
> Ray Saintonge <saintonge [at] telus> wrote:
>> Am I wrong to just get more confused about this situation? The function
>> of any (sub-)committee is to recommend rather than to decide.
>> [...]
>> The committee's recommendations should take
>> all of these into account and not get overly upset when the community or
>> the Board occasionally comes to a different conclusion.
>
> There is no community conclusion to take into account, and the board
> has neither objected to any of our recommendations nor vetoed any
> subcommittee decision. A group of users arguing on a mailing list with
> no agreement or compromise is not a consensus. Should there such a
> consensus, the policy would of course be updated accordingly.
>
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> Yours cordially,
> Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild)
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Jun 22, 2008, 8:58 PM

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Re: Please REJECT the latin wikinews project. inmediatly [In reply to]

Mark Williamson <node.ue [at] gmail> wrote:
> Well then, what do we have to do to show we have a consensus? A straw
> poll? Or do we need an angry mob?

Both are traditional indications of community consensus.

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node.ue at gmail

Jun 22, 2008, 9:03 PM

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Re: Please REJECT the latin wikinews project. inmediatly [In reply to]

Wikimedia is a very non-traditional community.

Mark

2008/6/22 Jesse Plamondon-Willard <pathoschild [at] gmail>:
> Mark Williamson <node.ue [at] gmail> wrote:
>> Well then, what do we have to do to show we have a consensus? A straw
>> poll? Or do we need an angry mob?
>
> Both are traditional indications of community consensus.
>
> --
> Yours cordially,
> Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild)
>
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majorly.wiki at googlemail

Jun 23, 2008, 9:28 AM

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Re: Please REJECT the latin wikinews project. inmediatly [In reply to]

2008/6/20 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>:

> Agreed. A Simple English Wikinews would be really useful. Getting
> internationally relevant news in every language is difficult, but
> getting it in Simple English would be easy, and then a large number of
> people can benefit from it.
>

See
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikinews_Simple_English

It cannot be created.

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george.herbert at gmail

Jun 23, 2008, 11:42 AM

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Re: Please REJECT the latin wikinews project. inmediatly [In reply to]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Al Tally <majorly.wiki [at] googlemail> wrote:
> 2008/6/20 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>:
>
>> Agreed. A Simple English Wikinews would be really useful. Getting
>> internationally relevant news in every language is difficult, but
>> getting it in Simple English would be easy, and then a large number of
>> people can benefit from it.
>>
>
> See
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikinews_Simple_English
>
> It cannot be created.

That's a "rejected under current policy, you might do it within
existing english Wikinews" not "cannot be created".

There's an important difference...

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gerard.meijssen at gmail

Jun 24, 2008, 3:58 PM

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Re: Please REJECT the latin wikinews project. inmediatly [In reply to]

Hoi.
A straw poll or an angry mob are just that ... what I am looking for are
arguments and straw polls nor angry mobs are good at providing them. When
good arguments are provided I can be happy. When people want others to do
the work and are not willing to be actively involved where needed, then the
argument is exceedingly strong against them.
Thanks,
Gerard

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Jesse Plamondon-Willard <
pathoschild [at] gmail> wrote:

> Mark Williamson <node.ue [at] gmail> wrote:
> > Well then, what do we have to do to show we have a consensus? A straw
> > poll? Or do we need an angry mob?
>
> Both are traditional indications of community consensus.
>
> --
> Yours cordially,
> Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild)
>
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