On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
You don't burn a book because you don't like the number of pages it has.
Right here is the fundamental misconception: "closing" a project is a bit of a misnomer because the content itself isn't "closed": the content is moved to the incubator and work can continue on it as normal. We're not talking about deleting or "burning" projects, we're talking about moving them to a structured development area where they will have a better chance at success, and better support from the WMF community at large. If, at the incubator, a critical mass of supporters emerges, the project can be reopened. Upon reopening, the project will have much better success then it would have had otherwise.
--Andrew Whitworth