[Mediawiki-l] Wikia

[Chad]

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bobby S <bobbys at gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps this isn't the forum for this, but I wanted to pose it to you
> all anyway to spark some debate and discussion. I understand this may
> not be popular with some...
>
> Why isn't Wikimedia or some other non-profit organization creating the
> "library" as Jimmy Wales likes to describe Wikia?  Aren't the sites on
> Wikia knowledge and information just like Wikimedia's sites?...while
> you could argue that Wikimedia's sites are more easily classified as
> educational, the sites on Wikia do have information that educates on
> specific topics.
>
> Why then should we let a commercial company control the "library"
> instead of a non-profit?   I understand some will argue that the fact
> that Wikia is copyleft means they are the good guy in the fight, but I
> would argue that they have no skin in the game to make their content
> easily accessible for other purposes and make their content easily
> digested without a bevy of ads in order to pay for the servers.
>
> Wondering what your thoughts are on this topic.
>
> Bobby
>

Definitely not the right place for this. mediawiki-l is for help and
support with installation and usage of Mediawiki itself. The fact
that both Wikia and Wikimedia use it doesn't make this list more
relevant to your questions :)

-Chad