[WikiEN-l] WikiProjects vs the community splitting (was "Oh, Yuck: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty")

[geni]

On 11/15/05, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> geni wrote:
> We have WikiProjects to create such an environment, and they have the
> added bonus of keeping the content usable within Wikipedia (so that,
> e.g., the creators of a community fork aren't so damn pissed off with
> their treatment here they pick an incompatible license as a
> "fuck-you").
>
> What is there that a community fork achieves that a WikiProject does
> not, in your view?
>
A community fork allows people to claim a greater level of ownership
of articles.



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geni