OK, im receptive to the idea (in fact i quite like it), but why is information about the built enviroment special? why not a wikimedia linux wiki, or potplant wiki, or people who are born on the 12th of April wiki?
I guess im getting at a point which we all must ask ourselves. What makes us who we are; and what is our mission. I think the stated mission of spreading human knowledge, could apply to a whole lot of things that would probably be deemed inaproprate.... or would they?
paz y amor, [[User:The bellman]]
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:03:30 +0000, Christiaan Briggs christiaan@last-straw.net wrote:
Andre Engels wrote:
Wikimedia's goal is the spread and promotion of knowledge. Wikibuilder's goal is the spread and promotion of knowledge of a large section of human understanding (relating to our very survival on this planet). Wikibuilder fits the ideals of Wikimedia, there really is no denying this.
There's thousands of 'large sections of human understanding'.
That wasn't actually the operative point. What's makes it compatible with Wikimedia's ideals is the fact that its goal is the spread and promotion of knowledge (it just happens to be a very large and important portion of knowledge). i.e. it fits the criteria for a new project proposal. Whether people think we should do it is another question. Conflating these two points isn't useful.
That's not enough to cut it for me. What is it that makes 'the built environment' more suitable to such a treatment? What is it you want to do in wikibuilder anyway? The term is rather vague, so I'd like to see some more explanation.
Take a look at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibuilder http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikibuilder
Christiaan