[Foundation-l] It is high time we decided upon global Wikimedianprinciples

Mon Aug 4 17:16:56 UTC 2008

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Ting Chen <Wing.Philopp at gmx.de> wrote:
> We have some fundamental rules, that at least theoretically should be implemented on all projects. That all content are under GFDL and should thus be granted free for ever is one of these rules. NPOV is another such rule. Openness is also a foundamental rule of all WikiMedia projects.
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Not all content is GFDL. Wikinews, for instance, cOmmons another example

NPOV is not a global principle (doesn't apply to wikiquote or commons)

Whatever "global" principles mustbe, they shouldn't be taken from
Wikipedia, as each project has different issues and policies

> And we have some rules that was issued by the foundation in the past. Only use free live person photographies is one of these rules that I can remember of now.
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> If the rules could and would be implemented on the individual projects is hard to say. It may be so that on some projects the rules are implemented more ridigly than on other projects. It is difficult, if not even impossible, to install a global mechanism to watch for the implementation of all these rules on all projects.
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> I don't think that we need other global rules at the moment. Im principle I think the selfgouvenment of the projects by themselves works quite well and I would like to keep global rules ordered by the foundation as few as possible.
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> Ting
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