On Nov 4, 2003, at 00:58, Fantasy@joachim.net wrote:

We have meta.wikipedia.org to discuss general issues like this "Big Picture issues". On Meta it is discussed on http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiImages.org

If we discuss this things on this mailinglist, what is then meta for?

Meta is a wiki and thus much more powerful than the mailing list for building more permanent, document-mode pages. You can collaboratively build a specification, write documentation, draw up plans, even draft up rants and thoughtful essays in a an accessible, editable fashion.

Things said in the mailing list are harder to build on directly, but are valuable for their immediacy. If mailing lists are conversations, the meta wiki is our cocktail napkin, whiteboard, and notebook.

Do I have to write every thing two times?

No, just link to meta in your posts. :)

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)