[Foundation-l] Interwiki Cooperation; NSK

[Jens Ropers]

On 27 Oct 2004, at 09:05, NSK wrote:

> On Wednesday 27 October 2004 04:26, Jens Ropers wrote:
>> DO you or DON'T you edit?
>
> Define edit.
>
>> DO you or DON'T you have an account?
>
> Define account.
>
>> You're not actually contributing to the Wikipedia.
>
> Define contributing.

Oh come on.
I don't have time* for this.

(* patience, actually)

>
>> You've not submitted any code towards MediaWiki development.
>
> No, I haven't. I would be willing to do that, though.
>
>> You have however downloaded the MediaWiki software
>
> Yes. Thank you for making available this software.
>
>> You've then set up your own website(s) with MediaWiki
>
> Yes. They are NerdyPC.org (Information Technology), Adapedia.org 
> (Computer
> Science), Jnana.Wikinerds.org (a playground), MaatWorks.Wikinerds.org
> (software engineering). In the future I will set up wikis on Science 
> Fiction,
> Biology, Law, OpenSource et cetera.
>
> I have paid money for all that. I can use 80GB of monthly traffic (to 
> be
> upgraded today).
>
>> talked about, like, A LOT in your posts to our Wikimedia-related lists
>
> If you like you can ask me to not talk about my wikis here.
>
> Wikipedia is the largest wiki and I think its mailing lists are useful 
> for
> general discussion and not only just WP.
>
> You could open a discussion at wikipedia.org mailing list for general wiki
> discussion.
>
>> You have BIG PLANS for your website(s)
>
> Yes.
>
>> but as of now little has materialized.
>
> The Wikinerds.org endeavour was started this August. I think I am 
> building it
> pretty fast!
>
>> There don't appear to be much other contributors
>
> There are some people who are interested and some people have user 
> accounts in
> the Wikinerds Portal (drupal), Jnana and NerdyPC.
>
> Not counting myself:
>
> 3 users in portal.wikinerds.org
> 1 user in nerdypc.org
> 1 user in jnana.wikinerds.org (plus 1 anon)
> 1 user in forum.wikinerds.org
> 0 users in adapedia.org
> 0 users in maatworks.wikinerds.org
> 0 users in collab.wikinerds.org
> 0 ftp users (which means no userpages)
> 0 email users (we can give free POP emails @wikinerds.org)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/PlotsPngWikipediansContributors.htm

>
> Well, as I said, Wikinerds started in August! It's a new site.

Hm. Lemme think... In Wikipedia's first three months it had gotten 37 
contributors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/TablesWikipediansContributors.htm

>
>> besides yourself
>
> I am currently the only person who contributes content to the Wikinerds
> Community.
>
>> yet you're kinda seeing your efforts as
>> somehow fully equivalent to what has happened "in our corner".
>
> Well, perhaps I need some more sleep (sometimes I don't have sleep for 
> >24h).
> I checked some of my previous posts and I think I was a bit wrong in 
> some
> occasions. Perhaps it would be a good idea to develop an e-mail 
> protocol with
> a "CANCEL MSG" command.
>
> Certainly, Wikinerds is not as successful as Wikipedia, yet, although 
> it will
> soon be very successful.
>
>> Finally, you've ventured to advise us on what we really are and ought
>> to be
>
> Just sharing ideas. You are free to send me your ideas about my 
> projects, too.
> I will read them all and reply. I love sharing ideas, even if I 
> disagree with
> some of them!
>
>> (and you've persisted even when people made it very clear that
>> they perceived your advice as running counter to the very principles
>> our projects are founded upon).
>
> I am sorry; my mistake.

Apology accepted.
It takes guts to apologize, so that IS respectable.
I rest my case.

>
>> Imagine some person travelled to the U.S.
>
> Isn't it more beautiful to write US ? I mean, is the point really 
> necessary?

These and other related issues have been, and probably are being 
discussed ad nauseam in the perpetual British/International English vs. 
American English face-off. I'm not getting into it here.
<flamebait><troll>I mean. We all know the British way is <em>much</em> 
better. The language is called "English" after all.</troll></flamebait>

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