NSK wrote:
On Saturday 23 October 2004 03:53, Jens Ropers wrote:
if you don't even agree upon us building an '''encyclopedia''' here, well, that's not a lot of common ground, now is it?
I do not agree that WP should be an "encyclopedia" because I believe that encyclopedias are obsolete products of the 18th century. The future is the creation of interconnected "knowledge bases". It's a philosophical distinction. WP, however, is also an almanac ([[2004]]) and I do agree that WP should be an almanac, so there is certainly some common ground.
Isn't this mailing list a good place to have discussions and propose things, or should I refrain from posting here?
I think I have some nice things to propose to WP that can help your community as well as perhaps having some form of future cooperation. Some proposed ideas might be bad but others might be good. After some discussion the bad ones will be identified and the good ones can be implemented. I think this kind of discussion can be beneficial.
It was my understanding that your mailing lists are the proper place to have this kind of discussion. But if I misunderstood, I have no problem to go elsewhere. You only have to tell me.
NSK, you are more than welcome to discuss issues about Wikipedia on this mailing list. We value your contribution, however don't expect us to agree with you all the time or implement all your suggestions. Some of them may not mesh in with our objectives.
I was thinking your knowledgebase idea is a good one, just not appropriate to Wikipedia. Perhaps it would be better to include this in Wikibooks? Perhaps, even, its more appropriate for Wikinerds! :)
So just to let you know: you are most definitely welcome here.
TBSDY