[Foundation-l] A Wikimedia project has forked

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Tue Sep 13 11:25:33 UTC 2011


On 13 September 2011 00:04, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> Wikimedia indisputably now exists to serve the English Wikipedia. Wikimedia
> is quick to call Sue "Wikipedia Executive Director," isn't it? Or plaster
> "Wikipedia founder" on every fundraiser-related publication? Out of the last
> X extensions enabled on Wikimedia wikis, how many were written primarily for
> the English Wikipedia (MoodBar, WikiLove, ArticleFeedback, etc.)? If you
> can't provide percentages to the question above, do you know of any
> resources that have gone to a site other than Wikimedia Commons or a
> Wikipedia in the past five years? What resources have been devoted to
> Wikinews in particular?

The "Wikipedia Executive Director" thing was a short-lived, misguided
(but well-intentioned) attempt to avoid confusing donors by refering
to brands they weren't familiar with. "Wikipedia founder" is just
correct. Jimmy did (co-)found Wikipedia. "Wikimedia founder" would be
controversial - Jimmy didn't found the other projects. He did found
(or, at least, was involved in founding) the WMF, but that's not the
same thing as founding Wikimedia.



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