[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia blog moving to WordPress.com

[rupert THURNER]

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Matthew Roth <mroth at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:53 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> What should not be missed out in the discussion is the fact that blog post
>> according to current guidelines should be written on the wiki.
>
>
> We started drafting blog posts on Meta to encourage transparency and make
> it easier to translate them. Mike Peel suggested we start doing it and it
> makes sense for most posts (rather than drafting them locally on your
> computer, or in another program). It's also easier this way for blog
> editors because Tilman has written a
> script<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Converting_wiki_pages_to_blog_posts>that
> quickly converts markup to html.
>
> Drafting on wiki is more of a good process than an ideal way to publish the
> content, in my opinion.

why?

rupert.