[Foundation-l] Re: We made it !!!!!!

Fri Sep 2 19:39:01 UTC 2005

valdelli at bluemail.ch wrote:
> Yes, for the French people. :)
> 
> Ilario

No. Not really. Not only for french people. Each time we have a major 
media display in a country, the *whole* project directly or indirectly 
benefit from it.

I have been on Wikipedia for now 3 years and a half, and for all this 
time, I have been dreaming on us having an article in Le Monde. We had 
once a tiny little report in the cultural section. Very little impact. 
But here, we are featured on first page.

The impact of this is likely to be huge, because it means a sort of 
recognition. In particular we can expect
1) more fear from all those we are currently in competition with, so 
possibly more attacks
2) but mostly more interest from potential partners, be it firms, 
organisations, associations, academics etc...

The implications might be various. Possibly an impact on the publication 
of a DVD (which might be interesting for more than just french people). 
Possibly a partnership for publication of wikireaders (and similarly, 
why would we limit that to french language ?). Possibly a lever to 
negociate with organisations such as ESA, which would benefit all of us.
And quite possibly as well, more donations, since we are currently in 
the middle of a fund drive (more money will benefit all of us).

We are together in this Ilario. Not just french, or just italian ;-)

ant

>>We are in first page of Le Monde, with several pages included inside.
>>Le Monde is the *first* newspaper in France. This is an amazing day.
>>