[Foundation-l] Deletion of Wikibooks content by Jimbo

Tue Nov 29 12:01:49 UTC 2005

On 11/26/05, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Why delete the jokebook? Earning my bread from cmedy I certainly see it
> > > could be used as an educational tool for people wanting to make their
> > > bread as a comedian.
> >
> > Can these be moved to Wikicities?
>
> There is a comedy Wikicity at <http://comedy.wikicities.com> where
> jokes can be added if it is decided that they are not suitable for any
> Wikimedia project. It would be best to wait until Wikicities upgrades
> its version of MediaWiki before doing any sort of mass import though,
> since we'd need [[Special:Import]] to be working in order to retain
> the page histories.
>
> Angela

It hasn't been decided that jokebooks aren't suitable for any
Wikimedia project.  Jimbo has declared by executive fiat that this is
the case.  Your suggestion is quite plainly unethical, Angela.  Keep
your advertisements off this mailing list.

Anthony