Probably a separate wiki will isolate the content from the community and make it less accessible for for other users.
John
Brian wrote:
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Casey Brown lists@caseybrown.org wrote:
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:29 PM, BrianBrian.Mingus@colorado.edu wrote:
I recall convincing arguments on this list that meta was the appropriate place for this, rather than fragmenting into a new wiki. This is because previously created wikis succumb to wiki rot and eventually link spam.
Why
were those arguments rejected?
Did you see Erik's comment by any chance? http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-July/053348.html
-- Casey Brown Cbrown1023
No I hadn't, thank you.
It doesn't cover the most important case in my mind: meta is where people actually are! A new wiki is not a magic recipe for an insta-community and its hard to guarantee that everyone who would be interested in the content there will end up seeing it. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l