I've been somewhat following this conversation - and this is totally
trivial, but, I love WikiTravel, use it whenever I do travel, and
actually, it was the first wiki I wrote content for (I used to only do
gnomish things on Wikipedia).[1]
I still, to this very day, remember the first time I was given a
compliment for my work on WikiTravel, by the co-founder, and that was
before they had adverts. It's one of the examples I frequently use about
how important praise on-wiki is. (It helped me stick around!)
I'd frankly be all about WikiTravel, and would really be interested in
seeing it be a part of the Wikimedia community, especially so I can
contribute to it ad free ;) . I know it'd open us up to a whole new can
of COI worms, I think it'd make for a really valuable resource and give
paid services and Frommer's/Lonely Planets a run for their "money."
-Sarah
[1]
http://wikitravel.org/en/User:Missvain
On 4/10/12 1:27 PM, James Heilman wrote:
Yes WikiTravel has some poorly sourced pages that
ramble on. However so
does Wikipedia. The solution is to increase the size of the community and
quality will increase with time. We did not always have
strike referencing guidelines. To get this project to grow we need to get
it based in an environment where it can grow.
The Spanish Wikipedia, if I remember correctly, threatened to split off in
2004 due to Wikipedia having no solid non profit foundation. Those are WT
have the same concerns. They do not want all their volunteers efforts going
to the bottom line of a for profit (Internet Brands). And would anyone
blame them. If we within the Wikimedia Movement want to see this content
improved we should welcome them into the WMF. We have 20 editors supporting
this proposal as of April 10th, 2012.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Travel_Guide
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