on 4/23/07 2:09 PM, Ray Saintonge at saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Getting together on a personal level can be reinvigorating. Going to meetups and sharing views does a lot for building respect. It can be easier to find a common understanding when the only thing standing between you is a couple of beers on the table.
I've personally found benefit to attending Wikimania, and during the time that I was there I didn't make a single entry to the database.
Ray,
I took a look at Esperanza's Main Page, and its MfD discussion. I didn't have to read either one very far to understand why the project failed. It had set itself up as a separate Community from the Main WP one. That may not have been its intention, but that is how it came across to many - and to me.
This is nowhere near what I am thinking about. What I see would be a Mailing List set up exactly like the WikiEN-l one we now participate in; the only difference would be in the subject matter discussed.
I would love to go to a Wikimania event, but time and scheduling make that impossible for me. I would, therefore, love to see a Wikimania-type List where the same type of environment and communication could take place for anyone and everyone who cares to participate.
This is what I'm getting at.
Marc