Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-22 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 10/21/10 6:14 PM, Robert S. Horning wrote: On 10/21/2010 08:21 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: I wouldn't say that a how-to is necessarily NPOV, although there are more ways to do something. But such a project can be realised already within Wikibooks. How-to books are on Wikibooks mainly due to

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-22 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I would like to qualify Wikihow not as a competition to WMF projects but as a welcome addition.. Remember we are all one Wiki movement :) Thanks, GerardM On 22 October 2010 10:15, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: On 10/21/10 6:14 PM, Robert S. Horning wrote: On 10/21/2010

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Leonardo Oña
Because is about the experience that the people have reparing items, news ideas that can be changing during the days A book would be writing for an expert. 2010/10/20 Mohamed Magdy mohamed@gmail.com Why not just use Wikibooks for this project? if it works out, you can easily migrate

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Marcus Buck
An'n 20.10.2010 20:30, hett Leonardo Oña schreven: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFix WikiFix is aimed at explaining *HOW TO* repair different ítems such as telephones, microwaves, autos, tables, furnitures, walls, decorations, wears, etc. We should have in mind that each model of a

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 10/21/2010 6:52:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, m...@marcusbuck.org writes: I think your proposal is a good idea and that that wiki could develop into a very useful resource. However it does not fit into Wikimedia. Wikimedia is strictly about educational content and neutral

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Ziko van Dijk
I wouldn't say that a how-to is necessarily NPOV, although there are more ways to do something. But such a project can be realised already within Wikibooks. Kind regards Ziko 2010/10/21 Marcus Buck m...@marcusbuck.org: An'n 20.10.2010 20:30, hett Leonardo Oña schreven:

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-21 Thread Robert S. Horning
On 10/21/2010 08:21 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: I wouldn't say that a how-to is necessarily NPOV, although there are more ways to do something. But such a project can be realised already within Wikibooks. Kind regards Ziko How-to books are on Wikibooks mainly due to the long-ago viewpoint

[Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-20 Thread Leonardo Oña
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiFix WikiFix is aimed at explaining *HOW TO* repair different ítems such as telephones, microwaves, autos, tables, furnitures, walls, decorations, wears, etc. We should have in mind that each model of a product is specific when repairing it since its failure is

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-20 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 10/20/2010 11:30:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, op.leona...@gmail.com writes: Electrodomestics, Autos, Houses, Clothes and Shoes, Kitchen accesories, etc. Can I suggest that Electrodomestics doesn't mean anything to U.S. English speakers ?

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-20 Thread Leonardo Oña
Ok, thanks you. Te Category Electrodomestics include: Microwaves, radios, TV, PC, etc. 2010/10/20 wjhon...@aol.com In a message dated 10/20/2010 11:30:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, op.leona...@gmail.com writes: Electrodomestics, Autos, Houses, Clothes and Shoes, Kitchen accesories, etc.

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-20 Thread Ryan Kaldari
In the U.S. that would be home electronics. Ryan Kaldari On 10/20/10 11:40 AM, Leonardo Oña wrote: Ok, thanks you. Te Category Electrodomestics include: Microwaves, radios, TV, PC, etc. 2010/10/20wjhon...@aol.com In a message dated 10/20/2010 11:30:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-20 Thread Leonardo Oña
Ahhh, OK, I understand, thanks you again, I hope you signature the project and send it to your friends... Any comment about it is apreciated. 2010/10/20 Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org In the U.S. that would be home electronics. Ryan Kaldari On 10/20/10 11:40 AM, Leonardo Oña wrote:

Re: [Foundation-l] Proposal for new project

2010-10-20 Thread Mohamed Magdy
Why not just use Wikibooks for this project? if it works out, you can easily migrate the content to its own domain. alnokta ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: