[Wikipedia-l] Re: No more new Wikipedias !
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Sat Sep 24 17:09:52 UTC 2005
Tim Starling wrote:
>Arbeo M wrote:
>
>
>I've stated my position on new language wikis, and we've been through
>all the arguments before. Just because I'm no longer interested in
>arguing every case, or putting my name on the oppose votes, doesn't mean
>I've changed my mind.
>
It's sad that a tech savvy person can't devise a bot to automatically
place a no vote whenever any of these questions come up. :-)
>The problem with voting on the matter is that it is a vote to expand the
>community. It should come as no surprise that those people who are on
>the outside are voting to be on the inside. As I've previously said, we
>should judge the value of a wiki by the number of readers, and by the
>information it brings to those readers, not by the number of editors.
>
An interesting and important point! That some action will drive away
editors is a classic argument around here. Certainly some who
consistently lose votes will be driven away. (Is that so bad?) Whether
that harms the overall project is a matter of speculation, since no-one
has over provided evidence to back that up.
>I tired of the
>repetitive debate long ago, so I'm happy to consider the current set of
>languages sufficient. Hopefully if there's any really important
>languages that we've missed, a Board member will let me know.
>
If we spend all our time making sure that we have expressed ourselves on
every vote nothing else would be accomplished. Therein lies the biggest
problem in any voting process.
>>I was just wondering if somebody
>>has an idea how we could remedy this situation and
>>maybe have, like, one new WP per month (so we don't
>>lose too many potential new contributors)?
>>
The way some people around here read rules that would soon be taken as
meaning that one new WP per month would be mandatory.
>If those potential new contributors only want to write articles in some
>little-known conlang, I won't shed any tears if they stay away.
>
>
There will be very few wet eyes in the crowd.
Ec
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