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(a)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(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
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…
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