I agree, Nick. On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 12:07 PM, quiddity <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 6:18 PM, SounderBruce <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Also, cascadia.wiki seems to have gone offline. Might want to find some > way > > of restoring it. > > > > Instead of having a completely disconnected wiki that requires ongoing > maintenance, I'd strongly encourage either: > > 1) Use meta-wiki, with subpages. > I.e. we already have these 9 pages: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=prefix%3ACascadia > There are many benefits to sharing a [watchlist, single-login, > pre-existing templates/gadgets/etc, large community of janitors and > interested by-passers, etc]. > > 2) If a separate wiki is strongly needed (? reasons should be > detailed), then use a SUL-connected sub-domain like some other > affiliates do: > nyc.wikimedia.org -- nl.wikimedia.org -- pl.wikimedia.org -- > ru.wikimedia.org -- etc > > I know there are a few reasons for why a group might potentially > decide to use a completely disconnected wiki (complete > identity-separation, private sections of the site), but I don't think > any of those apply to Cascadia (or not at a benefit-level that offsets > all the drawbacks). > > In summary: creating a new wiki for something, is often an > anti-pattern; let's just use meta? > > quiddity / nick > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
