[Foundation-l] MMORPG and Wikimedia

Fri May 7 15:30:25 UTC 2010

Hoi,
I am talking about the Wikimedia MOVEMENT and am not restricting myself to
the foundation...
Thanks,
      GerardM

On 7 May 2010 17:08, teun spaans <teun.spaans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gerard,
>
> this statement surprises me.
> Why was the foundation involved in the localization of Freecol, a game with
> little or no historic information (compared with other historic games such
> as europa universalis)?
>
> kind regards,
> Teun
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Gerard Meijssen
> <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hoi,
> > When you consider the Wikimedia movement to include translatewiki.net,
> we
> > have already connections with games. We localise Freecol. While not
> > everybody likes virtual realities, many do. As there is always a good
> > reason
> > to say no, there is typically also a good reason to say yes. I would
> > welcome
> > the suggestion that we branch out to alternative ways of involving
> people.
> > We are about bringing knowledge to everyone, virtual reality is as valid
> an
> > approach as for instance facebook.
> > Thanks,
> >       GerardM
> >
> > On 6 May 2010 20:00, Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:40 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Doubtful. Why a few turn based and real time strategy have
> > > > historically spread information MMORPGs have not. Freeciv might be a
> > > > better target if you want to try that.
> > >
> > > The point is that this is an engine for virtual reality, while it is
> > > MMORPG, too. And unlike Second Life, the platform is free software
> > > which anyone would be able to install. Integrating Wikimedia projects
> > > into this framework should be priority as in five to ten years, this
> > > will be the most dominant form of using Internet.
> > >
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