[Foundation-l] Re: Wikimedia Communs

Sun May 30 23:34:00 UTC 2004

"Toby Bartels" <toby+wikipedia at math.ucr.edu> schrieb:

> So perhaps the solution is to launch it ''without'' great fanfare???
> 
> Let's be very clear that founding the blank wiki now is a trial run,
> with problems that we expected all along and have plans to fix. 
> This is very much in the spirit of Wikipedia's own founding,
> so I believe that folks will understand.

Whether I agree, depends on what you mean by 'without fanfare'. If
'without fanfare' means that people are not really informed that it
is made at all, then no. If 'without fanfare' means that people are
warned that it's just a first try, that changes should and will
be made in the coming months, and that an important part of the
announcement is a repeated call for people to help Erik get his
features in, then I give you a resounding yes.

Andre Engels