[Foundation-l] Re: Swedish, Spanish, French Wikinews set up

[Erik Moeller]

Delphine-

>The least you could have done, Erik, is go fish for those five
>"supporters" and ask them if they were ready to take care of the
>project and all it implies.
>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Start_a_new_edition

"According to the proposed policy for wikis in new languages 
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy_for_wikis_in_new_languages>, at 
least 5 people have to express an interest in a language edition in 
order for it to be created,"

This was the requirement. You had plenty of time to raise objections 
against this requirement. You did not. I waited after the creation of 
the Dutch Wikinews for objections before creating the other languages. 
There were none. Now, as for the French Wikinews, we'll see how it comes 
along. It should receive a fair chance as any other Wikimedia project. 
Don't give me any rants about the state of the project after 24 hours of 
existence.

Whether or not the majority of the people on Wikinews/Vote/Fr voted for 
or against the project is irrelevant. The project vote, as it was agreed 
by everyone involved, was an aggregated vote. The French Wikimedia 
community is part of the larger Wikimedia Foundation, which is an 
international organization. That organization has made the decision to 
launch the Wikinews project. It was only a matter of time until the 
French edition of that project was set up.

Now, if you want to formulate more strict requirements as part of the 
policy for new languages, please be my guest and get involved in the 
policy discussion on Meta. That is more productive than complaining 
about decisions that have been made in accordance with previous 
agreements and written policy.

Regards,

Erik