Yaroslav,   thanks for your thoughts! We have had a couple of WP users, acting the way you describe, but it is my firm belief that they wont stay for long. Actually, Id say thay are probably gone already. We see it as a temporary problem, something we really do not have to worry about, but it is necessary to monitor whatever they decide to put in.   Furthermore, we have seen the same kind of anonymous edits you mention regarding lists of cities, etc etc. It is not easy to decide whats good or bad, but we console ourselves with the fact WV does not have a deadline. So, we remove the most dreadful contributions, leave what seems fine, and generally try to act according to the "when in doubt..." theory.

  Prior to launch (actually, on the same day of the launch...), I wrote to our local chapter of Wikimedia and asked their press contact to have a look at the press release on meta, which I had translated into Swedish. He was really happy to hear about the project and posted the press release on some... hm... press release site. One of the national newspapers wrote an article about WV. I have been asked to write something for a blogger and net activist who seems to be in demand, even though I have never heard of him... I also maintain contact with known Wikipedians who contribute to Wikivoyage, relying on word of mouth and their positive attitude to facilitate the project.

  So, keep up the good work, Yaroslav! I am sure that this will turn out fine, even if it might take some time. Rome wasnt built in a day...    

** Hi Fussi, How does one join? Cheers, Peter Southwood ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Stefan Fussan <derfussi(a)gmail.com> *To:* Wikivoyage Mailing List <wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> *Sent:* Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:19 AM *Subject:* Re: [Wikivoyage-l] Reflections Sorry, it was such a busy time here. Here is the report from Germany: Since the press release we got a huge amount of edits and new users. I think some of them will stay ans edit frequently. Fortunately there is not too much spam. We recieved quite a lot good content and there are no real tendencies to write a second Wikipedia - justy inquiries for categories and references. We created lots of categories. The other discussion is currently down. How do the other communities think about that? The reaction of the Germam press was huge. After the official press release of WMDE me and Roland had interviews with newspapers (quite big ones in Germany like Die Welt, Die Zeit and Süddeutsche) as well as an interview with a radio station. The start was absolutely perfect. When the busy start is over we should spend more time in interaction between the language versions to drive things forward. One point was mentioned above already. The policies. I am aware the English community has mor and more detailed ones as we have. Meanwhile we are aware the we lack in some details. Reviewing our policies and create mor global ones seems to be very useful. I have moved our association wiki, changed the database, updated to the latest wiki version and redesigned it. There are some more things to do (some translations) but the basic information are available. I am about to extend it. Especially the "About us" section has to be reviewed and translated. The application to become a Thematic Organisation is running. Everybody is invited to join the association. It's important to become more international to support all current and future language versions and start new ideas and projects. http://www.wikivoyage-association.org ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikivoyage-l mailing list Wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivoyage-l ------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2639/5558 - Release Date: 01/25/13 _______________________________________________ Wikivoyage-l mailing list Wikivoyage-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivoyage-l