[WikiEN-l] 18 months

[geni]

On 4/25/06, Pete Bartlett <pcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> MGM wrote:
> >On 4/25/06, Pete Bartlett <pcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Philip Welch
> >>>> I had a bash at creating a proposal which would define notability on
> >> >> wikipedia as meaning that an article or topic is mentioned in a third
> >> >> party reliable source.
> >>>I can provide multiple third party reliable sources as evidence that
> >>>there is a four way stop on the intersection between Merman Drive and
> >>>Terre View Drive in Pullman, Washington. Does that mean that
> >>>aforementioned four way stop is worthy of mention in Wikipedia?
> >>
> >> Recalling Jimbo's "Ten Things That Should Be Free"
> >> (http://many.corante.com/archives/2005/08/05/jimbos_problems_a_free_culture_manifesto.php)
> >>
> >> in particular number 7: Free the Maps!
> >>
> >> I would say absolute yes that information should be in a Wikimedia project that
> >> seamlessly integrates into Wikipedia.
> >>
> >> Pete
> >>
> >
> > Perhaps, but a map is not an encyclopedia. It should all be free, but
> > not everything should necesserilly be put in this particular project.
> > Mgm
>
>
> The free encyclopedia, the free dictionary, the free news reports, the free
> media repositry, the free documents and quotes repositries, the free textbooks,
> the free species directory, <redlink>the free thesaurus</redlink> and <redlink>the free atlas</redlink>
>
> are all different sides of the same coin. With the technology provided by the Web
> we should be mixing and integrating these much much more than we are.
> It is a great shame that there is very little cross-project co-operation.
> A further frustrating aspect of a large community directing a project is that
> it is very conservative and keen to maintain the status quo.
>

Wikimaps sadly isn't really practicle. A lot of work goes into makeing
a map and a lot of that has to be done on the ground. If you want free
maps you may just have to wait for the copyright on OS maps and the
like to expire and then work from those.

> Why is that as a community we haven't been badgering the board to do
> anything dramatic since Wikinews was set up /18/ months ago.
>
> Pete

Because wikiversity din't really get the support some people were expecting.
--
geni