One last message for this thread from me unless it turns into a hot topic again:
I really am sorry for getting so irritated. This is just something I
really deeply care about, and people on IRC have in a couple of cases
failed to understand that even when I tried to explain.
I hope it doesn't rule out the possibility of a future Friulian
Wikipedia created under different circumstances, and I hope even more
that the rule changes discussed in this thread are not made.
Apologetically yours,
Mark
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:51:34 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In addition, from what I've found the enthusiasm
grows gradually, at
first people being excited but after they work on it a bit more,
they're really into it and are more committed by then.
Thus most Wikis don't get off the ground with a commitment, or if they
do, it's often a commitment from one or two people.
So far I cannot think of any Wikipedia that is empty and has fallen to
vandalism that was started with a commitment from at least one fluent
speaker to work on it, except na: which shouldn't count because it
wasn't in the language it claimed to be (and even so, it hasn't fallen
to petty vandalism yet)
Speaking of the Nauruan Wikipedia, are we ever going to do something
about it, or is it just going to sit there? If any *real* Nauruan
speakers come and want to write, it will be very discouraging to have
that content there the way we do now.
mark
On 03 Nov 2004 23:17:00 +0100, Till Westermayer <till(a)tillwe.de> wrote:
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Wait, let me get this straight.
You think it makes sense to require 5 users
pledged to start a
Wiki when our 3rd biggest Wiki, the Japanese Wikipedia, wouldn'tve
met this requirement itself, and the German Wikipedia would not
have until its second month of existance?
Maybe they would have had if they had to? Maybe a rule like the proposed
would lead to an extended "supporters search" phase, starting the
wikipedia proper only afterwards?
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