--- Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)bomis.com> wrote:
Stephen Gilbert wrote:
A world-wide community doesn't have to use
the
same
server. Part of the tension we've had with
the
other
language projects is that they feel the people
running
the server haven't been responsive to them.
If the
contributors have control over their server, this
problem is eliminated.
Well, I think that happened back when I was a major
bottleneck at the
server level. Currently, we have several people who
can do stuff on
the server, which reduces the bottleneck
considerably.
It wasn't meant as a personal dig. I simply mean that
the people who are most enthusiastic about any given
language project are the people who speak that
language. English speakers are more likely to think of
the English Wikipedia (which is also the parent
project, and the largest) as the most important. Thus,
the English Wikipedia will always have the most
up-to-date software, etc. If the Spanish contributors
have control of their own server, they can perform
their own upgrades without having to go through people
who are not active participants in their sub-project.
Note that agree with you that the various language
projects should use the same software.
We don't
need a centralized server to work as one
organization.
Right, but we do need one organization to work as
one organization.
Absolutely. That's why I'm enthusiastic and optimistic
about convincing the EL to work under the Wikipedia
name once again.
Stephen G.
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