On 10/26/06, luke brandt <shojokid at gmail.com> wrote:
I have mentioned this a couple of times, but as yet no one seems
interested.
The idea is to coordinate Wikipedia policy over different languages as
much
as possible, so it becomes easier to amalgamate, to the benefit of all,
with
just translation needed. Then issues of formatting, layout, image policy
etc
etc should already have been sorted. Comments?
Documenting practices on Meta -- possibly combined with subjective analysis and commentary -- seems like a good idea to me. You don't need to start a new project or ask for anyone's permission to do this; just start writing and structuring your thoughts.
I think it seems one of the strengths of the Project is its diversity, so - going by the feedback - it's probably best to aim at coalescing around the idea of a 'world compendium' rather than 'knocking heads' etc. Maybe in a Wikia wiki we could suggest good articles from all parts of the globe for inclusion. Because in most cases I bet we agree on what's good.
I don't understand why a separate wiki would be needed for that. Assuming you're just linking to good articles and not forking them, couldn't you just make a list on meta?
Angela
Angela wrote:
I think it seems one of the strengths of the Project is its diversity, so - going by the feedback - it's probably best to aim at coalescing around the idea of a 'world compendium' rather than 'knocking heads' etc. Maybe in a Wikia wiki we could suggest good articles from all parts of the globe for inclusion. Because in most cases I bet we agree on what's good.
I don't understand why a separate wiki would be needed for that. Assuming you're just linking to good articles and not forking them, couldn't you just make a list on meta?
Angela
Hi, I've created a World Wikipedia page on meta. If people choose say 10 good articles we should get a start :) Thanks
luke
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