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Aug 13, 2012, 8:50 PM
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?
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(e) I don't see any reason for changes... On 13 August 2012 22:18, James Alexander <jalexander [at] wikimedia> wrote: > I'll weigh in on wiki later today or tomorrow (I've been very sick and > haven't been on much) but I did want to put in a couple of my thoughts: > > > - Part of me doesn't have an enormous issue with merging content into > meta if people really want it though I don't think it helps much > - I think creating StrategyWiki as it's own entity when it was done > was necessary and important. I don't think the strategy process would > have > been as successful without doing it. > - I don't think that creating strategyWiki was part of a 'fad' by the > foundation or others to create new wikis. We have certainly > created separate wikis which I do not think needed to be made (and hurt > their purpose) but Strategy was not one of them and, if anything, was > the > 'start' of the fad and, like most fad starters, was the one with the > most legitimate reasons. Everyone follows the trendsetter because they > want > their results, but forget that they're different. > - There are many reasons the separate wiki was/is good but to keep it > short I'll give the biggest one: The StrategyWiki required a fresh > community with as much activity and new blood as possible from around > the > projects and the movement as a whole. Meta was not, and is not, a fresh > community. It does many things well but it is still it's own community > with > it's own rules and structure. Sadly you just can't invite a fresh, new > community into an old community (it's the same reason the travelWiki > proposers were saying that it would be best to start off with a fresh, > new, > name etc). I don't think it would have done as well if it didn't have > the > flexibility that a new community allowed (turning on liquid threads for > example etc). > > > Overall I think the strategy project actually showed that splitting off to > a new wiki can be helpful at times and I think that it should be done for > the new strategy plan (likely to start next year, at the latest, I'd > imagine) should do the same and either use Strategy or a new wiki. Using > Strategy would probably be best and keeping the historic pages could be > helpful. > > James > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Mono <monomium [at] gmail> wrote: > > > Please weigh in at > > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Strategy_Wiki > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Katie Chan <ktc [at] ktchan> wrote: > > > > > On 12/08/2012 16:45, MZMcBride wrote: > > > > > >> Ziko van Dijk wrote: > > >> > > >>> It seems to me that there was a period in the WMF history when it was > > >>> "popular" to install new wikis, for strategy or outreach, instead of > > >>> using Meta. I don't see the advantages of having seperate wikis, or > > >>> disadvantages of Meta. Meta has always been the platform for the > whole > > >>> movement, not only the wiki content websites. By the way, the WCA > > >>> decided not to have a wiki of its own but to use Meta. > > >>> > > >> > > >> I'm not sure what a WCA is. > > >> > > >> > > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_**Association< > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association> > > > >? > > > > > > KTC > > > > > > -- > > > Experience is a good school but the fees are high. > > > - Heinrich Heine > > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > Wikimedia-l [at] lists**org <Wikimedia-l [at] lists> > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l< > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l [at] lists > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > -- > James Alexander > Manager, Merchandise > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l [at] lists > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton rodrigo.argenton [at] gmail +55 11 7971-8884 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l [at] lists Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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