[Foundation-l] New project proposal - Wikibuilder

[Robin Shannon]

OK, im receptive to the idea (in fact i quite like it), but why is
information about the built enviroment special? why not a wikimedia
linux wiki, or potplant wiki, or people who are born on the 12th of
April wiki?

I guess im getting at a point which we all must ask ourselves. What
makes us who we are; and what is our mission. I think the stated
mission of spreading human knowledge, could apply to a whole lot of
things that would probably be deemed inaproprate....  or would they?

paz y amor,
[[User:The bellman]]


On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:03:30 +0000, Christiaan Briggs
<christiaan at last-straw.net> wrote:
> Andre Engels wrote:
> 
> >> Wikimedia's goal is the spread and promotion of knowledge.
> >> Wikibuilder's goal is the spread and promotion of knowledge of a
> >> large section of human understanding (relating to our very survival
> >> on this planet). Wikibuilder fits the ideals of Wikimedia, there
> >> really is no denying this.
> >
> > There's thousands of 'large sections of human understanding'.
> 
> That wasn't actually the operative point. What's makes it compatible
> with Wikimedia's ideals is the fact that its goal is the spread and
> promotion of knowledge (it just happens to be a very large and
> important portion of knowledge). i.e. it fits the criteria for a new
> project proposal. Whether people think we should do it is another
> question. Conflating these two points isn't useful.
> 
> > That's not enough to cut it for me. What is it that makes 'the built
> > environment' more suitable to such a treatment? What is it you want to
> > do in wikibuilder anyway? The term is rather vague, so I'd like to see
> > some more explanation.
> 
> Take a look at:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibuilder
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikibuilder
> 
> Christiaan


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