On 7/3/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I see no sensible reason to merge Meta and Commons -
they have
completely different functions. Why would this be a useful idea?
I have to agree with David; the only thing they have in common really
is that they are both multilingual, crossing project boundaries. I can
easily imagine, in fact, that we will create new multilingual wiki
projects in the future.
If Commons has a lot in common (*cough*) with another WMF project, it
would probably be Wikisource. Both are used to collect existing works
that are typically not modified much (though Commons also accepts
original creations). But Wikisource has been split into many different
language editions for good reason, as the needs of different
communities outweigh the benefits of centralization.
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Erik
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