--- Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal(a)inbox.org> wrote:
On 11/26/05, Angela <beesley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
There is a comedy Wikicity at
<http://comedy.wikicities.com> where
jokes can be added if it is decided that they are not suitable for any
Wikimedia project. It would be best to wait until Wikicities upgrades
its version of MediaWiki before doing any sort of mass import though,
since we'd need [[Special:Import]] to be working in order to retain
the page histories.
It hasn't been decided that jokebooks aren't suitable for any
Wikimedia project. Jimbo has declared by executive fiat that this is
the case.
Jokebooks are completely out of place in Wikibooks because they do not serve a
valid educational purpose. A textbook on comedy that had example jokes in it
would be welcome, however. This type of distinction was decided on when I
helped found Wikibooks, so Jimbo is not acting by executive fiat. He is simply
trying to put that project back on track.
Your suggestion is quite plainly unethical, Angela.
Keep
your advertisements off this mailing list.
That is totally uncalled for and I think you owe Angela an apology. Angela is
just mentioning a valid alternative place for the content to be placed. Are you
aware of another wiki joke book where the deleted Wikibooks jokebook could
comfortably go? If not, then keep your unfair attacks off the mailing lists. If
so, then please just add that information as an alternative, not as part of an
attack.
-- mav
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