[Foundation-l] Deletion of Wikibooks content by Jimbo

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 11/29/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > On 11/26/05, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There is a comedy Wikicity at <http://comedy.wikicities.com> where
> > > jokes can be added if it is decided that they are not suitable for any
> > > Wikimedia project. It would be best to wait until Wikicities upgrades
> > > its version of MediaWiki before doing any sort of mass import though,
> > > since we'd need [[Special:Import]] to be working in order to retain
> > > the page histories.
> > >
> > It hasn't been decided that jokebooks aren't suitable for any
> > Wikimedia project.  Jimbo has declared by executive fiat that this is
> > the case.
>
> Jokebooks are completely out of place in Wikibooks because they do not serve a
> valid educational purpose. A textbook on comedy that had example jokes in it
> would be welcome, however. This type of distinction was decided on when I
> helped found Wikibooks, so Jimbo is not acting by executive fiat. He is simply
> trying to put that project back on track.
>
> > Your suggestion is quite plainly unethical, Angela.  Keep
> > your advertisements off this mailing list.
>
> That is totally uncalled for and I think you owe Angela an apology. Angela is
> just mentioning a valid alternative place for the content to be placed. Are you
> aware of another wiki joke book where the deleted Wikibooks jokebook could
> comfortably go? If not, then keep your unfair attacks off the mailing lists. If
> so, then please just add that information as an alternative, not as part of an
> attack.
>
> -- mav

I'm not going to apologize to Angela for that statement.  I stand by
it.  This message board is not the place to advertise Wikicities.

That said, I'm taking a break from posting to the message boards for
the rest of the week.

Anthony