--- GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, You assume that people get to know the Wikimedia Foundation through Wikipedia.
I do not assume this, it just seems to be most often the case to me. *I* certainly did not come to this list from Wikipedia.
A common assumption but it is wrong in
that the Wikimedia Foundation is there not only for Wikipedia but also for Wikipedia.
There are other project and when people consider things it is most often seen in the light of what is good for Wikipedia must be good for the rest. Well, suprise that is a fallacy.
Thanks, GerardM
I think you misunderstand me. I was trying to speak in general terms, but of course I see this problem every day. For example a simple bug request is put in by a Wikisource editor. This causes many WP editors to reply saying, "Don't implement this. WP articles should never use anything like this, so it should not be available." There is little concern shown that such a thing may be appropriate at a different project. I agree with you that this attitude "of what is good for Wikipedia must be good for the rest" is problamatic. This is one reason I am advocating an active recruitment of people from smaller langs and of course other projects. I am sorry I was not clear before.
Birgitte SB
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