[Foundation-l] strategy.wikimedia.org soft-launch

[Brian]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Casey Brown <lists at caseybrown.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Brian<Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
> > I recall convincing arguments on this list that meta was the appropriate
> > place for this, rather than fragmenting into a new wiki. This is because
> > previously created wikis succumb to wiki rot and eventually link spam.
> Why
> > were those arguments rejected?
>
> Did you see Erik's comment by any chance?
> <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2009-July/053348.html>
>
> --
> Casey Brown
> Cbrown1023
>

No I hadn't, thank you.

It doesn't cover the most important case in my mind: meta is where people
actually are! A new wiki is not a magic recipe for an insta-community and
its hard to guarantee that everyone who would be interested in the content
there will end up seeing it.