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

[John at Darkstar]

Probably a separate wiki will isolate the content from the community and
 make it less accessible for for other users.

John

Brian wrote:
> 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.
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