[WikiEN-l] Search Wikia

[Ian A Holton]

On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 11:55 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote:
> On 1/8/08, Ian A Holton <poeloq at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It seems that people are lately getting suspicious of Jimbos intentions.
> > There are many people, at least I have heard from and of many, that are
> > not too certain that Jimbos stated goals at Wikipedia (free information)
> > and Wikia (a for-profit company) are compatible. Of course, Jimbo has to
> > live and make a living and I don't have any problem. However, it might
> > be time to seperate his duties at Wikipedia and Wikia and cut all ties
> > they may have. I would welcome such a move, however don't believe it to
> > be absolutely necessary.
> 
> Would such a move benefit Wikipedia? I doubt it. If we had to choose
> between Jimbo and Angela working on both projects, or working only on
> Wikia, we would be crazy to choose the latter.
> 
> Steve

No no, I'm not saying they should chose - not at all! We wouldn't be
where we are without Jimbo. I am saying that the emphasise on the ties
should be less, possibly and according to some people.

Ian [[User:Poeloq]]