[Wikipedia-l] Request for new Wikipedia: Friulian

[Daniel Mayer]

--- Evan Prodromou <evan at wikitravel.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-01-11 at 13:34 +0000, Rowan Collins wrote:
> 
> > As has been pointed out, just the number of initial contributors is a
> > bad indicator; but we do need some indication that a solid community
> > is likely to emerge; and personally, I don't think number of fluent
> > speakers (or even fluent speakers with net connections) provides this
> > indication.
> 
> On Wikitravel, this is the deal:
> 
>      1. There needs to be at least 5 users pledged to start up the wiki.
>      2. There needs to be one contact person for the new wiki.
>      3. The contact person has to make a monthly report about the state
>         of the wiki: what's been happening, advances, debates, changes
>         in policy or guidelines, etc.
>      4. If there's no or very little editing on the wiki for a month, or
>         if the reports stop coming in, or if generally the thing just
>         starts winding down, the wiki goes inactive. We turn off the
>         wiki software, and make the content available in case someone
>         else wants to use it.

Requiring a translated interface up-front might also be a good idea. It would
show that at least one person is very commited. 

-- mav


		
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