Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:27:25 -0600 From: James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Travel Guide Message-ID: <CAF1en7UBs8EAbNE-3L_mZxWC8tcWQ3o5SbLwmCVhO3fyixrvOA@mail.gmail.com
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Yes WikiTravel has some poorly sourced pages that ramble on. However so does Wikipedia. The solution is to increase the size of the community and quality will increase with time. We did not always have strike referencing guidelines. To get this project to grow we need to get it based in an environment where it can grow.
The Spanish Wikipedia, if I remember correctly, threatened to split off in 2004 due to Wikipedia having no solid non profit foundation. Those are WT have the same concerns. They do not want all their volunteers efforts going to the bottom line of a for profit (Internet Brands). And would anyone blame them. If we within the Wikimedia Movement want to see this content improved we should welcome them into the WMF. We have 20 editors supporting this proposal as of April 10th, 2012. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Travel_Guide
-- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
Yes, this. I call on the Foundation to move quickly on this issue and welcome this project into the Wikimedia family without any further delay.
Cheers, Craig