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(a)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
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