[Foundation-l] Re: announce-l and "Wikizine"?

[Walter Vermeir]

Brion Vibber <brion at ...> writes:
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> * It looks like Walter Vermeir owns this wikizine.org domain himself. What's 
the
> status of it? If Walter loses interest will it continue? Who'll be responsible
> for renewing it?

To my surprise the domain wikizine.org was not yet taken. A .org is not 
expensive, so I have paid for it and I will continue to pay for it so long I am 
interested. 

I am actively involved since early 2002 with Wikipedia so I would say it is not 
very likely that I will lose interest soon.  
 
> * I received a request to make a mailing list for a Romanian-language 
Wikizine.
> Are we going to add more such lists, and if so should we do so under the
> 'announce' name set or 'wikizine'?

If the realy wish to call it "Wikizine", so be it. But it would prefer if the 
did not do that. To use the same name can give confusing. 

If it is only a translation of Wikizine then it make sense to also use that 
name. Best can the contact me to see what there plans are and how we can work 
together. 
 
> * Some 'marketing' ;) This has been going on for two or three months and I 
never
> noticed. Was I just asleep at the wheel, or are a lot of people missing out 
who
> might be interested?

Number -5 until number 0 was experimental and not announced anywhere. On 2005-
11-16  I have send an announcement to the mailing lists about Wikizine but not 
to Wikitech-l.  It was my idea to send a special version to Wikitech-l about it 
but I never came to it yet.  

Walter