National chapters (was Re: [Foundation-l] UK Wikimedia Foundation notes)

[David Gerard]

Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales (jwales at wikia.com) [050329 02:15]:
> David Gerard wrote:

> > Things to watch out for: local foundations being used for nationalist
> > POV-pushing.
 
> This is one of the reasons it is so important to work very hard from
> the start to make sure that chapter organizers understand that they
> are not taking control of a particular language wikipedia.


One that springs to mind: ownership of essential servers would need to stay
with the central Foundation, not with local chapters.


> Chapters are going to be a major part of what we're doing going
> forward, and we have to be *extremely* careful *now* to make wise
> decisions that lead to global harmony rather than nationalist rivalry.
 

Why are sr:, hr: and bs: still separate wikis, despite the languages being
barely different than British and American? (And Cantonese still hasn't got
a wiki ...)

(I can guess the answers: they're called separate languages for obvious
local political reasons, and the participants have no interest in merging
them.)


- d.