2009/2/19 Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com>: > So the question really should be, what of this would be to our disadvantage?
It's very difficult to set up technically, for a start. Live mirroring of existing content isn't too hard, but sorting out editing would be a nightmare. We presumably wouldn't want everyone editing under the same account (we are generally opposed to role accounts, so I would imagine we would be opposed to this kind of group account as well), which means we need some way for the mirror site to authenticate accounts with the Wikimedia servers, which is a security nightmare (I expect it can be done, but it would require some effort). We would need to deal with edit conflicts caused by delays in the mirroring (which would be sure to happen from time to time), again, not impossible, but it requires effort. There needs to be a significant advantage for it to be worth all that effort, and I don't see one. If people want easy access to references, etc. they can use custom skins and scripts - they are far easier to write than live mirroring software. You could even make a skin that looks just like the other site if you really wanted to. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l