On Mar 9, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Neil Babbage <n...@thebabbages.com> wrote:
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>> If you ran a charity store committed to providing educational products
>> free to all who needed them you wouldn't get many children as customers if
>> you put hardcore sex products right by the entrance.
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A better description would be Wikimedia a warehouse of educational products
collecting and disbursing informational products freely. Without any barriers
of proving the need of the product, nor setup as consumer-focused store.
The charity stores for children in need should stock there shelves from
Wikimedia's warehouse.
Yes this means Wikimedia will see less growth on the consumption side, but the
choice is between losing ground on consumption and losing ground on
creation/curation. Other groups can handle a successful kid-friendly shop much
more likely than other groups can successfully handle our contributors.
Wikimedia can't be everything to everyone. It would be best to aim to be where
our strengths lie.
BirgitteSB
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