On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 01:02 +0100, Milos Rancic wrote: > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Brian McNeil > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > > Brian, please calm down. I am very sorry because you treated this idea > as an insult and I am very sorry because I didn't finish my email > today (before conversation escalated) because I've found "with:public" > on Google Wave (btw, another, this time not problematic idea for > Wikinews implementation: emitting news via Google Wave).
Milos, I'm calmed now - ran out of fuel for the flamethrower. It was a troll causing the problem. When you're caught up on the full list you should see that. > Also, two of you did exactly what did I ask not to do: to start an > ideological discussion. (I may imagine how this idea would pass on > foundation-l, where it could become a month long ideological battle.) > Nobody is willing to implement something which has strong opposition > inside of the community, even it may be completely OK from the formal > side. It is, and it is not, an ideological issue. I was quick to jump to why it was not possible within project scope or WMF mission; as well as some serious legal issues and liability you could be landed with. > And there are some more questions to discuss. But, it is too late for > me. I promise I won't play [a lot] with Wave tomorrow and I'll write > the answer here :) Read the list carefully before you do so. Nobody wants to see ye-olde Wikipedia "right to fork [off]" arguments rehashed here. A fork-via-dump of a Wikinews project is useless without the contributors. I'm all in favour of working to help commercial reuse of Wikinews content happen. I got a copy of the print edition semi-angrily waved at me by a press attendee when I spoke at Wikimania and I was asked, "why aren't you doing more with this?" We can. I'd like to see it happen - I think everyone would. -- Brian McNeil <[email protected]> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Brian_McNeil Content of this message in no way represents the opinions or official position of the Wikimedia Foundation or any of its projects.
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