[Wikipedia-l] Request for new Wikipedia: Friulian

[Yann Forget]

Hi Mark,

Please stop threatening with a possible every now and then.
You have already been told that this is NOT the proper way to get things done.

Yann

Le Tuesday 2 November 2004 18:00, Mark Williamson a écrit :
> How exactly am I telling others how they should be spending their time?
>
> Chances are I would spend more time getting people situated at the
> Friulian Wikipedia than anybody on this list would.
>
> Oh, wait, I just found this quote: "You guys should all do hard labour
> for the benifit of Wikipedia, while I sit home and veg out on the
> couch!"
>
> Oh wait, that's not a real quote.
>
> I have worked hard to get small and new Wikipedias up and running.
>
> I have sent e-mails, helped people every step of the way in some
> cases, made logos, watched for vandalism, and have requested new
> Wikipedias for people, scn: having been (so far) a success.
>
> If you think I go around selecting random languages to request new
> Wikipedias for, then you are very very very wrong. Before I do
> anything like that, I make sure there is at least one potential
> contributor, and preferrably more or some community involvement.
>
> Regarding forks: you may have dealt with forks and the threat of forks
> before, but have you ever dealt with the threat of new policy which
> completely goes against what you think Wikipedia stands for? Whatever
> it is you like about Wikipedia, if all of a sudden that was taken and
> totally reversed, I think there's a very good chance you would start a
> fork or defect to an already-existing one.
>
> Even if I can find no people to help with a fork, I can do it myself.
> It may not be as easy that way, but when drastic changes to policy are
> threatened, sometimes drastic measures have to be taken to ensure a
> continued healthy multilingual environment.
>
> mark

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