There are NO considerations in the German Wikisource Community to fork in another way than technically, only regarding the Wikimedia Software.
We will definitively remain part of the Wikisource branches.
ThomasV has definitvely denied any cooperation with the German community. When choosen to administrator he had promised to make java script programming for the German community. In the now running deadministration process he has said that he is unwillingly to do so.
German Wikisource needs a developer with SVN access - that's the only solution IMHO.
Klaus Graf
2009/11/18 Jesse (Pathoschild) pathoschild@gmail.com:
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Cecil cecilatwp@gmail.com wrote:
So this patch seemed like a great solution. It would not change anything for any of the other Wikisources (unless they want it). But our programmer has no access to SVN and can't upload the patch himself and so we once again stand in front of a block: ThomasV is not willing to accept this patch (which probably means that even if our programmer would be able to update the code ThomasV would revert the patch).
Hello,
I think this patch is a good solution. Ideally the German community should have a developer of its own, to help de-Wikisource in the same way ThomasV helps en-Wikisource. Have you asked ThomasV if he would apply (or at least not revert) the patch?
Communities should avoid forking when possible, because this brings many problems (such as needing to worry about stability, hosting, ads, funding, brand recognition, trademarking, etc) while removing many advantages (such as benefiting from Wikimedia developers, sysadmins, fundraisers, interwiki linking, brand recognition, etc). Another consideration is that if the German Wikisource forked, it could no longer call itself "Wikisource" since that name is owned by the Wikimedia Foundation. The community would also need to find its own developers anyway, when those persons could have gained SVN access with Wikimedia without all the problems associated with forking.
-- Yours cordially, Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild)
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