daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 9/21/2006 6:24:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 2.718281828@gmail.com writes:
Those with better things to do will not read. Those who are willing and able to write, please do so. The sooner and the more attentively to detail, the better.
I thought we were busy writing an encyclopedia.
Danny
Danny, We are not writing an encyclopaedia. We are also writing an encyclopaedia. It is just one of the things that we do. The Foundation is NOT about writing an encyclopaedia. The Foundation is about enabling projects like Wiktionary in many languages, Wikibooks in many languages, Wikiquote Wikinews and ALSO Wikipedia in many languages.
Given that the election is about governing the Foundation it is highly relevant that people can be explicit in what they aim to do. When people want to write a platform why they should be elected, it is for the people that read it to comment on it and maybe even inform the rest about potential silliness.
NB It has been said both by Anthere and Jimmy that the Foundation is /not /about Wikipedia when commenting on some of the initial platforms of Wikimedia Foundation board candidates.
Thanks, GerardM