[WikiEN-l] WikiProjects vs the community splitting

[David Gerard]

On 11/15/05, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> geni wrote:

>> 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.


OK. Now, please address the problem:

>> 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").


As I asked before:

Are you honestly saying you think driving an expert off Wikipedia to
found a fork of the community, and the process by which it happened,
is *good*? Or are you saying the end justifies the means - whatever it
takes to achieve a subject fork?


- d.