I think such a website attracts new contributors more easily than mediawiki.org can. Later when it points to MW for most stuff the contributor gets used to it :)
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/07/2013 09:23 AM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Why not doing exactly the same but on mediawiki.org directly? All the >>> effort >>> put on promoting a brand new site could be put instead in promoting >>> mediawiki.org in a new, fresh way. >>> >> >> I think there's a slight misunderstanding. >> > > I don't think so :) but it's fine. No stop energy. > > > If you see >> http://whatcanidoformozilla.**org <http://whatcanidoformozilla.org>, it >> doesn't have much *original* >> content by itself - it just links back to an appropriate page on >> mozwiki. This one will also be the same - it will just link back to >> appropriate mediawiki.org pages. >> > > Yes, yes. We could argue about the tactics of creating own sites for each > activity as opposed to build on top of your current platform but there is > actually little point in doing so. > > Please continue with your initiative but document / discuss in your > preferred destination under Project:New contributors > > This will help us being all in sync > > > And if the pages are not good enough, >> I'll try improve them (or poke people into doing that). >> > > This is the big part of the work. And related to this: improving > mediawiki.org homepage and Developer Hub to reflect all the opportunities > for contribution you are describing. > > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > -- Cheers, Nischay Nahata nischayn22.in _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
