--- Angela beesley@gmail.com wrote:
The wiki is there to allow discussion to take place and to evolve what features are needed.
*That* is what Meta is for. Fork.
This is most definitely not a fork of Wikipedia. Wikispecies is more about collecting data than writing articles. This data will be saved in a way that allows all Wikipedias, not just the English one, to use the data. As a project, Wikispecies has different aims to Wikipedia. It is aimed at the needs of scientific users rather than general users. Integrating Wikispecies into Wikimedia prevents a fork.
*That* is what the Commons is for. Fork.
The board met at the start of this month, and the notes from this meeting are on Meta and the Foundation wiki. Four members voted to support the following points:
Creating this when there was significant (I�d say large) amount of concerns and opposition oversteps the bounds of the board, IMO. New projects *must* be started when there is a consensus to do so, *not* by fiat. I can�t believe this is happening.
I apologize to those who had not seen the above report already. Perhaps we need to find a way of ensuring that people who do not follow either of those wikis are aware of meetings that take place such as this one.
Perhaps we need to return to a consensus decision-making process instead of one by fiat.
Truly disgusted,
Daniel Mayer (who is now seriously re-evaluating his participation in Wikipedia and Wikimedia)
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