[Foundation-l] Now accepting projects!

[Mark Williamson]

I believe you have misread the original message in this thread.

When would Wikia ever except a Wiki that could very possibly be
approved, and then offer to help transfer it to the new wiki after its
creation? That never happens.

Mark

On 14/04/2008, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
>  Wikia has been accepting the projects that we have not accepted in the
>  Wikimedia Foundation for a long time. It is nice to find that people have a
>  choice where they want to host their project, they could even start their
>  project on their own domain.
>
>  When people aspire to have a Wikimedia project, the normal way is to start a
>  project at the Incubator.
>  Thanks,
>      GerardM
>
>
>  On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:56 AM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > The following was just posted to the Veropedia.com blog,
>  > and I am copying it to Foundation-l as much related
>  > discussion regarding pending projects has been occurring
>  > here. Additionally, many of those seeking a project in the
>  > WMF will find this interesting. Thanks.
>  >
>  > >>
>  > >> A Veropedia for a Wikipedia
>  > >>
>  > >> Wikipedia is designed to be an encyclopedia available in
>  > >> various languages. However, it is up to the Language
>  > >> Committee (LangCom) to decide the appropriateness
>  > >> of a language prior to its inclusion in the set.
>  > >>
>  > >> Recently, it has become more difficult for a language to
>  > >> get approved, and people wishing to write in languages
>  > >> such as Ancient Greek, Erzya, Extremaduran and Gan
>  > >> cannot do so.
>  > >>
>  > >> As a sign of good faith and cooperation, Veropedia
>  > >> would be happy to host wikis (*pedias or other projects)
>  > >> for any languages that have not yet been accepted by the
>  > >> Language Committee or are otherwise "on hold." Should
>  > >> they get accepted and a wiki is created for them, we will
>  > >> be happy to assist them in moving over any content that
>  > >> they have developed on the Veropedia site to the
>  > >> Wikimedia-based project.
>  > >>
>  > >> We realize that this does not compensate for a fully
>  > >> integrated Wikimedia project, but hope that it will enable
>  > >> users to create content while their projects are being
>  > >> approved. If you have any questions or wish to request a
>  > >> wiki to be set up, please contact Chad or Danny at
>  > >> <veropedia.info at gmail.com>. Thanks.
>  > >>
>  >
>  > (Link: http://blog.veropedia.com/a-veropedia-for-a-wikipedia/)
>  >
>  > Always,
>  >
>  > Chad
>  >
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