--- Sj 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
Why not have a standalone "wikilabs" project for new potential wikimedia projects?
Because Wikimedia is not a free hosting service for just any wiki idea and Wikicities already exists to fill that role. Concentrating development energy into our existing projects and staying on mission are more important than budding-off new projects to the degree suggested,
As Jimmy said, if any Wikicities project is viable, willing, and would help advance Wikimedia's goals, then we, as a community, could decide to bring them into our fold.
Wikilabs could also be a good initial test site for new software patches and upgrades, since everything on it will explicitly be in beta.
That is what test.wikipedia.org and any number of other MediaWiki-based sites that the developers already use.
-- mav
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