Hello Quim, I knew this was a possibility, but it still is a big surprise for me that the WMF has not recognized the enormous value and potential of Wikimedia Space, which was a space incredibly more friendlier and easier to use than anything I've ever seen onwiki. As we discussed last November in WikiIndaba, it only needed to be somehow connected to the Wikimedia Projects, so that we could get the notifications there - as a standalone project it's very difficult to follow, since apart from real life we have mail, social networks, chats - and the wikimedia projects constantly draining attention and competing for time.
But... All the investment, all the information shared there, will be lost? I suspect that after this last debacle of Wikimedia Space, it will be considerably more difficult for people to embark in more new WMF adventures. It was already difficult with this one. Bad decisions at top level -> lots of money wasted, valuable WMF staff time and expertise wasted... and a lot of volunteer time and expertise, and community goodwill burned for nothing, like if we have plenty of that. Best, Paulo Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia terça, 18/02/2020 à(s) 10:31: > Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation launched Wikimedia Space to experiment > with new ways to connect volunteers, increase movement participation, and > showcase community stories. While we remain committed to this important > goal, based on lessons learned through the Space prototype, the Foundation > has decided to close Discuss Space. The Space blog, which continues to fill > a need to share news for the movement by the movement, will continue in a > new home. Please continue to submit community-focused stories [1], so that > we may share them with the movement. > > To learn more about the next steps, check the full announcement at > https://space.wmflabs.org/2020/02/18/next-steps-on-wikimedia-space/ > > We have learned a lot from this initiative and want to thank all Space > users [2] for their time and contributions. We also invite everyone > interested in documenting lessons learned and discussing next steps to join > us in taking this effort even further, either at the About Wikimedia Space > category in Discuss [3] or the Space talk page in Meta [4]. > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Space/Editorial_guidelines#How_to_get_started > [2] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u?period=all > [3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/about-wikimedia-space/2 > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Space > > -- > Quim Gil (he/him) > Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
