Stephen Gilbert wrote:
On the English Wikipedia we play by the "better
safe than sorry"
rule: if an article appears to be a copyright violation, we remove it.
Who are "we"? A non-formal group of core contributors, or Bomis staff?
Is there a similar "we" for the non-English language Wikipediae?
It appears to me that Bomis actively "runs" the English Wikipedia, and
almost don't care about the other languages. I think it would help
greatly to assign the role of a responsible editor to some person for
each language, perhaps Kurt Jansson or Stefan Rybo for the German, and
Linus Tolke for the Swedish Wikipedia. This would make Wikipedia more
like a franchising concept. The national wikipedias could be run on a
separate site (like wiki.rozeta.com.pl) if the responsible editor
("franchising owner") finds that useful. Bomis would own the name
Wikipedia and the concept and terms under which it is franchised.
I guess what I am saying is that the national Wikipedias need a Larry,
and that there are people who can take on that role if they know the
role exists.
(No, I am not a candidate for editor of the Swedish Wikipedia.)
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