[Foundation-l] New project - wikicracy

[Gary Kirk]

Ahem...
mediawiki.org/wiki/Download
:)

On 8/10/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> My thoughts exactly. You are welcome to download and use MediaWiki,
> the software Wikipedia uses, and run your website using it, however.
> See mediawiki.org/wil/Download
> Regards,
>
> On 8/10/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I propose today to adapt wiki software (a few add-ons could do it) to
> > create
> > > a special wiki with the following main characteristics :
> > > - Allow to build cooperative propositions
> > > - Allow to vote on the propositions democratically
> >
> > I'm not sure those two characteristics work well together. Democracy
> > can only decide between a finite number of discrete choices. A
> > co-operative proposition building process is likely to end up with a
> > large number of propositions without definite borders between them.
> > Wikis are good for building consensus, not for managing a democracy.
> >
> > That aside, the main problem is that you don't say what you intend
> > this site to make decisions about. It sounds like your are just
> > proposing an online debating society, which really isn't something the
> > Wikimedia Foundation would have anything to do with. By all means
> > create your own site along those lines, but it will never be a
> > Wikimedia project.
> >
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> Gary Kirk
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Gary Kirk