Birgitte, what I am discussing is whether or no t I see any merit in this idea at all. Thanks.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Birgitte SB <birgitte...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > --- On Thu, 6/24/10, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Reconsidering the policy "one language - one >> Wikipedia" >> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >> Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 6:06 PM >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:26 AM, >> Mark Williamson <node...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > as if we were dumb. I have heard (and I am not an >> expert) from many >> > people the idea that you will get what you give, >> meaning that if you >> > treat an adolescent as if they were a criminal, they >> will often become >> > a criminal; it seems to me that if we treat children >> as dumber >> > versions of adult human beings, they will grow up to >> be just that. >> > (again, I'm not an expert) >> >> A kind of virtuous circle and vicious circle. Dumb adults >> are creating >> dumb articles because they think that their children are >> dumb, which >> in turn transforms children into dumb adults ;) > > > I think you all are getting rather sidetracked over the details of content of > some proposed project that I do not believe you are actually interested in > joining. Surely any detailed decisions as exactly how to approach writing > medical articles for children would be an internal conclusion. The real issue > here is what merits the creation of a new wiki versus some specific project > being setup as subset of an existing wiki. > > I have come the conclusion the biggest factor leading to success of a new > wiki is a large enough community with a strong sense of a separate mission. > If all you have is a small group of hard core content editors you will be > more successful as subset of an existing wiki, if one is so kind enough to > make room for you. One thing that happens in a small wiki is all the happy > energy which was geared towards the content must be siphoned off into > seemingly endless administration tasks. It takes a while for the community to > grow enough to overcome that deficit. I would not recommend anyone to be in > a hurry to make their own new space. The longer you can use an existing wiki > to experiment with the your project the stronger you can grow your community, > and maybe you can find a way to permanently fit within the existing scope > while meeting the needs of your specific mission. If you can it do that it > will greatly improve your ability to work on content. I would > advise this group that as exciting as having their own Wikipedia must sound, > they might be more successful as a project within de.WP or de.WB And even if > they are dead-set on an independent wiki, they will benefit from starting > within an existing structure to grow a good sized proof of concept. > > Birgitte SB > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
