On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The backlash had the potential of stopping all new
Wikipedias in any
language. To prevent this from happening, the language committee and its
policy were created. This policy was accepted by the board of trustees. With
the flow of new Wikipedias now down to a trickle, the new Wikipedias prove
that the policy functions. We do not have people clamouring for the end of
new projects.
It may be proof in your definition, it is not in mine. The first
measure of success should be the *number* of succesful starts, not the
percentage. If you bring success from 50% to 100% by accepting only
1/4 of what would have been accepted before (note that these are just
an example - I have not researched any of these numbers), the
*percentage* of succeeded new projects may have doubled, but the
*number* has halved.
The language
committee is not a talking shop, we implement an agreed policy.
Agreed by whom? Is there any way to influence this policy and/or its
implementation?
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André Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com