On 1/6/07, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/5/07, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On 1/6/07, Gregory Maxwell
<gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
What happens when webpages are replaced by
GopherNG? ;)
Well, we're not saying anything about the web, we're saying
"Internet". In that respect, "multilingual wiki projects" is much
more
tech-centric. But either seems fine with me; if these solutions become
outdated, we will simply update our mission statement, as we've done
before. It's the vision statement which should be timeless.
Same argument applies. I don't see how the internet is important to
our mission. It's the best tool for the job today, sure, but it's not
our mission. Sure we can revise it.. but why bother mentioning it. Our
mission is providing effective support for the creation and
propagation of this free content. That we use the Internet is true
today, but it's not at all fundimental ... it simply adds length
without adding clarity.
I would respectfully disagree -- some degree of specificity in mission is a
Good Thing. The *vision* statement is deservedly as broad as possible. I
think focusing on the Internet in the mission is good.
We can offset the additional length by removing the free-beer aspects
of the current draft. I believe the free-beerness of
Wikimedia itself
is a natural side effect of our mission of wide propagation but not in
and of itself a fundamental goal.
Considering how many people in the world are poor, and that our intended
audience is the whole world, maybe it should be a fundamental goal.