An interesting question was posed on foundation-l a few minutes ago. (see below)
On English Wikisource, I think there is an unwritten "guideline" that
the people who start a project do have a limited right to "OWN" that
project.
As it is an unwritten rule, I might just be dreaming this.
I would write it up something like:
Wikisource contributors dont enforce our own view of policy unless
someone else is undeniably breaking policy.
Wikisource contributors dont intentionally interfere with each others
projects unless requested, or unless a project is breaking widely held
communal expectations.
Do other Wikisourcerers dream the same dream?
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From: Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:50 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] content ownership in different projects
To: foundation-l <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
The problem of content ownership hits any wiki at some point.
In the English Wikipedia it is governed by a policy called "WP:OWN"
[1]. There's a similar policy in the Hebrew Wikipedia. Is this policy
any different in other projects?
I am asking, because i agree with the English Wikipedia's policy in
principle, but the reality is that sometimes instead of helping people
write together, this policy drives people away from the project -
people who could be very positive contributors, but who don't like
their contributions edited by others without being asked. So i am
wondering: maybe en.wp and he.wp can learn something from other
languages here?
Thank you,
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles
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