This time next year I have no doubt Wikipedia will be much more usable. Delphine, this sentence is the first time I have ever typed the word 'cabal'.
I do hope people continue to express concern about the Wikipedia/Wikia relationship. The existence of Wikia doesn't make a whole lot of sense, except the $$$ kind. On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Delphine Ménard <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 20:53, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm glad someone is concerned about this issue. Wikia has always smacked > of > > "they wouldn't let us show ads on Wikipedia, so here is the for-profit > > branch of Wikipedia with ads." There are potential conflicts of interest > at > > nearly every level of the Wikia/Wikipedia relationship. > > I never thought I would say what comes next. > As much as I have been a fierce defender of a clear cut between Wikia > and Wikimedia, I must admit that I find this solution to be one of the > best things that has happened to the usability project. > > About space: been there, and yes, Wikia's headquarters are a street > away, so really easy to plan meetings and make sure things happen in > coordinated fashion between the Wikimedia office and the Usability > project. > > About working near Wikia: Wikia, as was said elsewhere, is one of the > biggest Mediawiki users out there and therefore has, in my opinion, > probably the best incentive to make sure that Mediawiki develops in a > way that makes sense for the users. They already have a pretty big > developper team, and having them at hand will definitely broaden the > usability project vision on what a wiki can/should do to be more user > friendly. > > Who more than a commercial user of Mediawiki has an interest in its > evolution _for the best_ of users? > > I see absolutely no conflict of interest. Where? Seriously? Wikia is > renting walls, tables and chairs to the Wikimedia Foundation, that's > all. And on top of that, they bring to the coffee machine talks tons > of ideas and experience in the daily use of the software. > > And frankly, without this thread, everyone would have forgotten the > move two days from now and seen nothing in it. Gee, it's time to grow > up and stop seeing the cabal everywhere. > > Cheers, > > Delphine > -- > ~notafish > > NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get > lost. > Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
