[Foundation-l] New project proposal: Soviet Repressions Memorial

[Jon]

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Fred Bauder wrote:
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>> Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 24 December 2008 18:12, Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
>>>> Well where will it stop? If we have a project, we should have
>>>> a memorial project for all disasters.
>>> And what, in principle, is wrong with that?
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>> Kurt, et al...
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>> In principle, it does not scale well.  I can understand a
>> Wikipedia article on an event (disaster)... but a memorial
>> project?
>>
>> The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage
>> people around the world to collect and develop educational
>> content under a free license
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:free_content> or in the public
>> domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
>>
>> The memorial project does not appear to meet the above statement.
>> The "Wikipedia article" on the tragedy would appear to better
>> meet this mission statement, as opposed to a "memorial wiki".
>>
>> And that my friend, is what, in principle, is wrong with that.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Jon
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> It would be quite educational.
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> Fred
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Could you expand a bit more on that... in what way would it be more
educational than say, the article?  In a very neutral, factual,
referenced way?

Jon
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