From: Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> I was given permission to forward any portion of an email I received from MZMcbride, and this is a relevant portion: "Sure, but there is a more fundamental question about what the goal and mission actually is. I see it as about content creation. Wikimedia's focus should primarily be creating the best free content it can. Others seem far more interested in creating a "movement" (a large social network)." From: Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> If we don't increase the rate at which we attract and retain new That proportion of active administrators to content pages is already the case at Wikibooks. It pains me to say it as a heavy contributor, but the number of admins has fallen to a third of what it was in 2007. [1] While I could hope for content growth instead, that's also stagnated. [2] From: WJhonson(a)aol.com If Wikipedia is the Titanic, the sister projects are the Britannic. [3] I mourn the loss of many "missing Wikibookians" myself who were seriously involved in the community, helped mentor me and give me the enthusiasm I have for the project, but have since left. Nowadays I feel alone and the discussion rooms are nearly empty. I was disappointed that the usability initiative and outreach focused solely on Wikipedia. -- Adrignola [1] http://www.wikistatistics.net/wikibooks/en/admins/full [2] http://www.wikistatistics.net/wikibooks/en/articles/full [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic