Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-13 Thread James Alexander
I'll weigh in on wiki later today or tomorrow (I've been very sick and haven't been on much) but I did want to put in a couple of my thoughts: - Part of me doesn't have an enormous issue with merging content into meta if people really want it though I don't think it helps much - I think

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-13 Thread Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
(e) I don't see any reason for changes... On 13 August 2012 22:18, James Alexander jalexan...@wikimedia.org wrote: I'll weigh in on wiki later today or tomorrow (I've been very sick and haven't been on much) but I did want to put in a couple of my thoughts: - Part of me doesn't have an

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread Samuel Klein
I would like to see this become an open part of Meta. It is traditional meta-work, and rewarding to improve and revisit regularly. Sam. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.comwrote: On 8/11/2012 8:05 PM, Mono wrote: Should we lock StrategyWiki as historical?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to see this become an open part of Meta. It is traditional meta-work, and rewarding to improve and revisit regularly. Sam. I disagree. Strategy work is Wikimedia Foundation's focus planning. Meta is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread Richard Symonds
I'd also support this sort of thing going to meta. Perhaps not marking everything as historical, but certainly a slow move to a central location that's easy for newbies to find. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread Thehelpfulone
On 12 August 2012 13:04, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: I'd also support this sort of thing going to meta. Perhaps not marking everything as historical, but certainly a slow move to a central location that's easy for newbies to find. Strategy Wiki has already been

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread Ziko van Dijk
It seems to me that there was a period in the WMF history when it was popular to install new wikis, for strategy or outreach, instead of using Meta. I don't see the advantages of having seperate wikis, or disadvantages of Meta. Meta has always been the platform for the whole movement, not only the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread MZMcBride
Thehelpfulone wrote: Strategy Wiki has already been configured as an import source for Meta-Wiki, so any admins on Meta (there are plenty) will be able to import pages cross-wiki with full history via https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Import. Perhaps we could put things into a new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread MZMcBride
Ziko van Dijk wrote: It seems to me that there was a period in the WMF history when it was popular to install new wikis, for strategy or outreach, instead of using Meta. I don't see the advantages of having seperate wikis, or disadvantages of Meta. Meta has always been the platform for the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-12 Thread Katie Chan
On 12/08/2012 16:45, MZMcBride wrote: Ziko van Dijk wrote: It seems to me that there was a period in the WMF history when it was popular to install new wikis, for strategy or outreach, instead of using Meta. I don't see the advantages of having seperate wikis, or disadvantages of Meta. Meta has

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

2012-08-11 Thread Michael Snow
On 8/11/2012 8:05 PM, Mono wrote: Should we lock StrategyWiki as historical? Some options: A) Prevent all editing and keep content at current address. B) Restrict editing to admins and keep content at current address. C) Move content to Meta and mark as historical, lock editing. D) Move