--- Angela <beesley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The wiki is there to allow discussion to take place
and to evolve what
features are needed.
*That* is what Meta is for. Fork.
This is most definitely not a fork of Wikipedia.
Wikispecies is more
about collecting data than writing articles. This data will be saved
in a way that allows all Wikipedias, not just the English one, to use
the data. As a project, Wikispecies has different aims to Wikipedia.
It is aimed at the needs of scientific users rather than general
users. Integrating Wikispecies into Wikimedia prevents a fork.
*That* is what the Commons is for. Fork.
The board met at the start of this month, and the
notes from this
meeting are on Meta and the Foundation wiki. Four members voted to
support the following points:
Creating this when there was significant (I�d say large) amount of concerns and
opposition oversteps the bounds of the board, IMO. New projects *must* be
started when there is a consensus to do so, *not* by fiat. I can�t believe this
is happening.
I apologize to those who had not seen the above report
already.
Perhaps we need to find a way of ensuring that people who do not
follow either of those wikis are aware of meetings that take place
such as this one.
Perhaps we need to return to a consensus decision-making process instead of one
by fiat.
Truly disgusted,
Daniel Mayer (who is now seriously re-evaluating his participation in Wikipedia
and Wikimedia)
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