effe iets anders schreef: > Hi Huib, > > yes, that seems to be an accurate description of the current situation. > However, what would you /want/ it to be, and /why/ ? :) > > Thanks, > > eia > > 2009/6/16 Huib Laurens <abi...@forgotten-beauty.com> > > >
Hello, I would want it to be a independent project thats optimized for giving extra service to other projects. I have a few reasons for it, 1> I think when Commons would be only a service project we will get 700+ Wikimedia projects that wants to say a little bit about the policies on Commons, and that will not be good for Commons nor the other projects. When we say its a independent project it will mean Commons can make his own policies. 2> Commons is not ready to be a service project to replace local uploads, translations aren't good enough and there a not enough administrators to give enough service to all language projects. 3> If we make Commons a service project we will end up with users getting blocked because the are blocked on other wiki's. A independent Commons can be a safe harbour for users blocked from other projects to make a fresh start. (It happened it the past). I believe if Commons is a service project we need to change a lot of things in a short time with a lot of people involved, A independent Commons still have to deal with the same problems, but the community can work on it without the need of extra interference. Huib _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
