I have just seen a list of the Wikimedia projects and noticed that the last one was created in 2006, is that right? In spite of all sympathy for a Wiki-directory I am afraid that partially Wikipedia already has taken over that part. When I am looking for the web site of a museum I tend to go to the Wikipedia article about that museum and look there under "Weblinks". Kind regards Ziko
2009/10/27 Bod Notbod <[email protected]>: >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> This was motivated after I was referred to the "Wikipedia is not a web >>> directory" section of: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not > > One workaround I've found is to add a "resources" section to the > /talk/ page and list sites there. I've been responsible for a few > rather long 'external links' sections and have been disappointed to > see them trimmed because I felt all of the links I provided were valid > (in that they provided substantial information not easily included in > the article [for example, on an article about an author including > links to articles written by them] or hosted images that we couldn't > use [particularly useful for modern artists]). > > With the section on the talk page I added my recommendation that the > section should not be archived when the talk page grew large as I felt > the section would remain of value to editors and ought to remain > relatively prominent. > > It's not an ideal solution because there's not much you can do with > the section other than edit/add to it. But I felt it was a good > compromise for those times when I was in disagreement with another > editor over the external links section. > > I tend towards the "argh, no, not another project" view on things. I > think because, and perhaps this is unfair, I dislike that they may > drain talent and resources away from the encyclopedias. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
