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

Fri Sep 2 20:03:45 UTC 2005

Yes, I know. This is the good moment (also here in Swiss and in Italy), but
the newspapers always are finding news... when the news are not new, this
the moment to kill the old news :)

Finally, I think that bad moments will follow. This is the moment to contact
the journalists who write these articles and to offer the availability for
new informations. This is the moment to construct references and links to
manage the next steps.

Ilario

>-- Messaggio originale --
>To: foundation-l at wikimedia.org
>From: Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com>
>Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:39:01 +0200
>Subject: [Foundation-l] Re: We made it !!!!!!
>Reply-To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
>
>
>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.
>>>
>
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