[Wikipedia-l] Re: No more new Wikipedias !

[Traroth]

Maybe a *really* representative Board ? Where do you
think the resistance to Board decisions come from ?

Traroth

--- Angela <beesley at gmail.com> a écrit :

> On 9/24/05, Tim Starling
> <t.starling at physics.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> > I created 5 new Wikipedias in June because I
> received a request from a
> > Wikimedia Board member. If I receive another such
> specific request, I'll
> > carry it out. I do that out of loyalty to them,
> not because I think it
> > contributes to our mission.
> 
> I doubt you'll get another such request since I've
> been told that new
> language wikis is not a Board issue and I shouldn't
> be taking
> decisions on these or asking developers to start
> them. What people
> fail to realise is that if the Board doesn't take
> these decisions (and
> perhaps they're right and the Board shouldn't) -
> then who is going to
> take them? There is increasingly resistance to the
> Board doing
> anything, but also resistance to them delegating any
> authority they
> may have had, which is just leading to stagnation.
> So, who should be
> taking the decision on new language wikis (and also
> on new projects),
> especially when no
>
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposed_policy_for_wikis_in_new_languages>
> has ever been agreed upon?
> 
> Angela.
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