Thank you Quim for this unfortunate information.
This is surprise for me, as Wikimedia Space is given too little time to evolve. I really like this idea and I remembered when people asked me on conferences what we miss as a movement, I would say that we miss place like *Space* where you can see what others do, to see discussion about everything, to ask ordinary questions, to share some news, to share some beautiful moments as editors. So, this decision for me is wrong. I don`t know who is responsible for this, but they should ask for thoughts/opinions of people on Space and outside of Space and then to decide this kind of decision.
Now, we are back on looking information about what is happening in Wiki-world on your personal will, to search across haotic Meta, to read newsletters that is too long, or to open Facebook, which I personally avoid.
And most importantly, Space for me was a channel that I could rely when I have some problem (especially technical), but I don`t know who is responsible in Foundation, and I would want to ask something without annoying hundreds people on e-mail, so I would share my issue on Space, and someone will help. So, in conclusion, finally something good happens in movement, and Foundation decide to ruined it and kill it on a very beginning.
Toni editor and admin on Macedonian Wikipedia
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:14 PM Ziko van Dijk zvandijk@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Quim,
Thank you for the information. It was not quite a surprise, as we did not hear much of Space in the last time, and I must confess myself that I only used it in the iniatial phase and somewhat later. I feel sorry for those who invested time and energy in it.
I am interested in a report later, about what worked and what did not work, and maybe why.
Kind regards, Ziko
Am Di., 18. Feb. 2020 um 11:31 Uhr schrieb Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org:
Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation launched Wikimedia Space to
experiment
with new ways to connect volunteers, increase movement participation, and showcase community stories. While we remain committed to this important goal, based on lessons learned through the Space prototype, the
Foundation
has decided to close Discuss Space. The Space blog, which continues to
fill
a need to share news for the movement by the movement, will continue in a new home. Please continue to submit community-focused stories [1], so
that
we may share them with the movement.
To learn more about the next steps, check the full announcement at https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/02/18/next-steps-on-wikimedia-space/
We have learned a lot from this initiative and want to thank all Space users [2] for their time and contributions. We also invite everyone interested in documenting lessons learned and discussing next steps to
join
us in taking this effort even further, either at the About Wikimedia
Space
category in Discuss [3] or the Space talk page in Meta [4].
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Space/Editorial_guidelines#How_to_...
[2] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u?period=all [3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/about-wikimedia-space/2 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Space
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