Perhaps this isn't the forum for this, but I wanted to pose it to you all anyway to spark some debate and discussion. I understand this may not be popular with some...
Why isn't Wikimedia or some other non-profit organization creating the "library" as Jimmy Wales likes to describe Wikia? Aren't the sites on Wikia knowledge and information just like Wikimedia's sites?...while you could argue that Wikimedia's sites are more easily classified as educational, the sites on Wikia do have information that educates on specific topics.
Why then should we let a commercial company control the "library" instead of a non-profit? I understand some will argue that the fact that Wikia is copyleft means they are the good guy in the fight, but I would argue that they have no skin in the game to make their content easily accessible for other purposes and make their content easily digested without a bevy of ads in order to pay for the servers.
Wondering what your thoughts are on this topic.
Bobby
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bobby S bobbys@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps this isn't the forum for this, but I wanted to pose it to you all anyway to spark some debate and discussion. I understand this may not be popular with some...
Why isn't Wikimedia or some other non-profit organization creating the "library" as Jimmy Wales likes to describe Wikia? Aren't the sites on Wikia knowledge and information just like Wikimedia's sites?...while you could argue that Wikimedia's sites are more easily classified as educational, the sites on Wikia do have information that educates on specific topics.
Why then should we let a commercial company control the "library" instead of a non-profit? I understand some will argue that the fact that Wikia is copyleft means they are the good guy in the fight, but I would argue that they have no skin in the game to make their content easily accessible for other purposes and make their content easily digested without a bevy of ads in order to pay for the servers.
Wondering what your thoughts are on this topic.
Bobby
Definitely not the right place for this. mediawiki-l is for help and support with installation and usage of Mediawiki itself. The fact that both Wikia and Wikimedia use it doesn't make this list more relevant to your questions :)
-Chad
Bobby,
Bobby S wrote:
Perhaps this isn't the forum for this, but I wanted to pose it to you all anyway to spark some debate and discussion. I understand this may not be popular with some...
Why isn't Wikimedia or some other non-profit organization creating the "library" as Jimmy Wales likes to describe Wikia? Aren't the sites on
I'm not a moderator on this list nor do I want to pretend to be, but FYI, this list is primarily for talking about the installation and development of Mediawiki and topics related to that. Not for the "debate and discussion" on Wikipedia that you're trying to spark... This is mentioned here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
If you are new on this list, you can scan the archives to get an idea of the types of postings that are made.
IMHO, Mediawiki is the tool and not as related to the question you are asking as you think. It would be like asking the people who came up with the MP3 standard why music companies disallow music sharing ... kind of asking the wrong people...
Ray
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