[Foundation-l] Contact from Chile

[Juan David Ruiz]

>  On 17/03/2008, Robert Horning <robert_horning en netzero.net> wrote:
>  > Fajro wrote:
>  >  > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Alejandro Nunez
>  >  > <solomaquetas en gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  >> Dear Sirs.
>  >  >>  We are starting a new project, based on MediaWiki softare:
>  >  >>  soloWiki: La wikipedia del modelkismo a escala o
>  >  >>  soloWiki: The wiki of scale modelers
>  >  >>  You can see that in:
>  >  >>  http:wiki.solomaquetas.com, we are in the initial stages and using all
>  >  >>  templates and tools availables. I expect that to finish present year we will
>  >  >>  be with a godd quantity of critical mass of information
>  >  >>
>  >  >>  So, I want to know what is necessary for start a Chilean chapter of
>  >  >>  Wikipedia iniative, in large scale and with transversal and universal
>  >  >>  content
>  >  >>
>  >  >>  Cherrs from Chile
>  >  >>
>  >  >>  Alejandro Nuñez
>  >  >>
>  >  >
>  >  > Hola Alejandro.
>  >  >
>  >  > You seem a little confused about Wikimedia...
>  >  > Wikimedia does not do national versions of Wikipedia and if you make
>  >  > one, it would be an independent project.
>  >  > The Wikimedia Foundation and the local chapters are in charge of
>  >  > Wikipedia and their sister projects, not of third party projects.
>  >  > If you need more explanations you can write me an e-mail in spanish
>  >  > and I'll help you.
>  >  >
>  >
>  > Is this just somebody confused and wanting to create a Chilean Wikimedia
>  >  chapter instead of an independent Wikipedia from a Chilean POV?  It
>  >  sounds like this is somebody who is a little bit confused about how
>  >  everything works, but has a tremendous amount of energy they would like
>  >  to put into a project like Wikipedia with support from his fellow
>  >  countrymen.
>  >
>  >  I hope that somebody takes Alejandro under their wing and help him out
>  >  in terms of merging his laudable effort with projects that could
>  >  accomplish what he really wants to do.  A Wikimedia Chile chapter would
>  >  be something very much worth having and supporting.
>  >


On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Mark Williamson <node.ue en gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, we already have plenty of Chileans working at Wikipedia and
>  related projects.

Indeed, we've already organized a couple of meetups in Chile

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encuentros/Encuentro_de_Wikipedistas_en_Concepci%C3%B3n
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encuentros/Encuentro_de_Wikipedistas_en_Santiago_de_Chile

I will send Alejandro  a private email to invite him to join us in the next one.

-- 
Juan David Ruiz