[WikiEN-l] WikiProjects vs the community splitting

[David Gerard]

geni wrote:
> David Gerard wrote:

>> You keep ignoring the point: Comixpedia wouldn't *exist* except it was
>> a community forking from Wikipedia.

>There is no way to conclude this. At best you can state it is unlikely
>to have appeared at that moment without community forking.


That the founder has said so is pretty conclusive. Perhaps you don't
see that as conclusive.


>> > Where did I suggest splitting the wiki?

>> You suggested it in
>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-November/032619.html
>> "You relise I don't view the existance of Comixpedia (other than their
>> choice to use CC) as a bad thing. Wikipedia needs these subject
>> specific spinoffs. I hope to see more of them."

>Spinoffs are not splitting. Assumeing no lisence problems we aquire
>all the good stuff anyway.


The one we're talking about was quite definitely a split. Please try
to keep to the topic (rather than switching from the specific case
under discussion to the general case back to a different specific
case).


>> You seem to be wanting to *make* them.

>I have made one.


I mean "make" as in "force", as should be obvious from the context.


- d.


- d.