Daniel-
Why not call it [[Wikipedia:Candidates for inclusion
in Nupedia]]?
Please don't. Nupedia is dead as far as I am concerned, and the only thing
it lacks is a proper burial. Maybe we should create a page for it as soon
as the Wiki memorial site is up.
Doing the certification within Wikipedia is the Right Thing:
- We want everyone who knows something to contribute immediately if at all
possible. An external website is an additional barrier to entry for doing
so. It's the bold "Edit this page" link that gets people into the wiki
process in the first place.
-> Even if some links are duplicated on the "stable" version, you would
effectively need a different user interface. When reading stable articles
on Wikipedia itself, on the other hand, people transparently learn to use
the UI, and can turn from reader to editor in seconds.
- It is terrible marketing to promote one brand at the expense of another.
By moving stable content to "that other site", we weaken the trust people
have in Wikipedia, which will always be much larger and more
comprehensive.
- In any case, it complicates all marketing operations significantly. It's
difficult enough to explain what a wiki is. The probable result would be
that we wouldn't even bother anymore to explain it and just point people
to the stable version. That in turn would reduce the influx of
contributors.
- By building a separate site with separate rules, we risk to alienate
Wikipedians who feel they do not belong to that project. A certification
process, in order to work properly, needs to be accepted and internalized
by the community.
- Community building is essential to the success of our project. The last
thing we need are more mailing lists, more points of entry, more
discussion pages. The worst case scenario is that separate communities
grow without talking much to one another.
The key argument, however, is that it doesn't give us a single advantage
we don't get with an integrated process. Things should never be made more
complex unless they have to.
Regards,
Erik