--- Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com wrote:
Stephen Gilbert wrote:
A world-wide community doesn't have to use the
same
server. Part of the tension we've had with the
other
language projects is that they feel the people
running
the server haven't been responsive to them. If the contributors have control over their server, this problem is eliminated.
Well, I think that happened back when I was a major bottleneck at the server level. Currently, we have several people who can do stuff on the server, which reduces the bottleneck considerably.
It wasn't meant as a personal dig. I simply mean that the people who are most enthusiastic about any given language project are the people who speak that language. English speakers are more likely to think of the English Wikipedia (which is also the parent project, and the largest) as the most important. Thus, the English Wikipedia will always have the most up-to-date software, etc. If the Spanish contributors have control of their own server, they can perform their own upgrades without having to go through people who are not active participants in their sub-project.
Note that agree with you that the various language projects should use the same software.
We don't need a centralized server to work as one organization.
Right, but we do need one organization to work as one organization.
Absolutely. That's why I'm enthusiastic and optimistic about convincing the EL to work under the Wikipedia name once again.
Stephen G.
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