On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The backlash had the potential of stopping all new Wikipedias in any > language. To prevent this from happening, the language committee and its > policy were created. This policy was accepted by the board of trustees. With > the flow of new Wikipedias now down to a trickle, the new Wikipedias prove > that the policy functions. We do not have people clamouring for the end of > new projects. It may be proof in your definition, it is not in mine. The first measure of success should be the *number* of succesful starts, not the percentage. If you bring success from 50% to 100% by accepting only 1/4 of what would have been accepted before (note that these are just an example - I have not researched any of these numbers), the *percentage* of succeeded new projects may have doubled, but the *number* has halved. > The language > committee is not a talking shop, we implement an agreed policy. Agreed by whom? Is there any way to influence this policy and/or its implementation? -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
