I agree with Wjhonson, linking to social networks is IMO enough, although no one knows if it would be a beneficial partnership. Maybe at a later date. Everyone here I'm sure is aware of how quick the best of websites can be bellyup.
* Mlpearc* Founder Everything Food & Drink.org everythingfoodanddrink.org<http://www.everythingfoodanddrink.org/w/index.php/Main_Page> Phone: 760-718-1290 On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Wjhonson <[email protected]> wrote: > It's related to the "adoption" by the Foundation. > To which, like all other similar co-working arrangements, I strenuously > object. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Monk <[email protected]> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < > [email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 1:17 pm > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] About the wiki-adoption process > > > How is this related to the MediaWiki software? > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Wjhonson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm strenuously against any "adoption" by the Foundation of these "one of > > many" type sites, no matter if they claim they are "the biggest" or not. > > Once we put our clout behind a site, we are destroying the natural > > competition engine. > > > > I would further note, that 115,000 pages from "uploaded GEDCOMS" is > > actually rather paltry. > > I have 260,000 people in my own personal GEDCOM > > So I could create this mass of data, alone. > > > > Rather if the Foundation were to wish to partner with a genealogical > > database I would suggest Rootsweb, or FamilySearch > > Both of which are *free* and *public* and could possibly be induced to > use > > MediaWiki software as their next evolution in this personal ancestry > space. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Cuenca <[email protected]> > > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < > > [email protected]> > > Sent: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 7:52 am > > Subject: [MediaWiki-l] About the wiki-adoption process > > > > > > I've seen that there is a "new" Wiki Adoption Request [1] for WeRelate > [2], > > a wonderful project that might help sourcing birth/death dates and hence > > copyright status. I was wondering if there should be a standard procedure > > for this kind of adoption requests. It is very easy to add a support for > a > > project, but not that easy to evaluate the hidden costs (migration, legal > > deffense, etc), which might require some expertise on the topic. > > > > With all this information at hand, maybe it would be easier to take > > informed decissions and evaluate the kind of success that is expected > from > > a given adoption. > > > > Micru > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WeRelate > > [2] http://www.werelate.org > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
