> > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:27:25 -0600 > From: James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Travel Guide > Message-ID: > <caf1en7ubs8eabne-3l_mzxwc8tcwq3o5sblwmcvho3fyixr...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Yes WikiTravel has some poorly sourced pages that ramble on. However so > does Wikipedia. The solution is to increase the size of the community and > quality will increase with time. We did not always have > strike referencing guidelines. To get this project to grow we need to get > it based in an environment where it can grow. > > The Spanish Wikipedia, if I remember correctly, threatened to split off in > 2004 due to Wikipedia having no solid non profit foundation. Those are WT > have the same concerns. They do not want all their volunteers efforts going > to the bottom line of a for profit (Internet Brands). And would anyone > blame them. If we within the Wikimedia Movement want to see this content > improved we should welcome them into the WMF. We have 20 editors supporting > this proposal as of April 10th, 2012. > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Travel_Guide > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian >
Yes, this. I call on the Foundation to move quickly on this issue and welcome this project into the Wikimedia family without any further delay. Cheers, Craig _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
