Anthony DiPierro wrote:
No it is not
since the Commons is a common place to host data and files
that
are used by more than one wiki. It therefore helps
to bind us together,
not
divide us.
It was my understanding that Wikispecies is to be a common place to host
species data that is used by more than one wiki. So why doesn't Wikispecies
help to bind us together?
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Wikispecies will be a common place to host bioligical data that will be
available to all wikiresources. It will help to bind the scientific
world and the wikiworld together. Data like the scientific text to
describe a taxon. Discussions on the merits of a particular phenomenon,
scientific research data and papers that have no place in an encyclopedy
will be in WikiSpecies.
It is a fallacy to think WikiSpecies will be less available than
WikiCommons. WikiSpecies will host scientific data, it will be accecible
from within WikiMedia. Technically there is no reason for it to be
otherwise. With WikiScience outside of WikiMedia you are correct, that
is however the least beneficial option for both worlds.
Again, Wikipedia is not only en:wikipedia. En:ToL is currently a
resource that is limited to en:. I wish this was not true, I wish the
en:ToL is open to other wikipedia. The arguments that WikiSpecies is a
fork are the same arguments that keep en:ToL a fork of Taxonominal
information within Wikipedia.
Thanks,
GerardM