- The last question related to the consequences is:
Have we finished
the job? Looking from the point of view of one historian from the
future, I am sure that he would say that we did a great job and that
we have our place in the history. But, do we think that we finished
it? Are there some issues which we haven't done and we are able to do?
While I have a long list of what do I think that we haven't done, this
is not the question just for me, but to all of us.
If the answer is that we have finished the most important part of the
job, we may conclude that should keep Wikimedia projects and that we
should start to work on other sides to achieve other goals. If the
answer is not, then we should try to move things forward, out of the
stagnation and possible decline.
No, we did not. If nothing else, look in what state the articles on
specialized issues are (in all Wikipedias). I still would like to see a
decent article in any language on for instance nanoelectromechanical
systems (NEMS) (I believe I contributed a bit to the field itself so that
I do not consider myself an appropriate editor to write such an article).
Cheers
Yaroslav