George Boeree | Re: [LFN] Re: problems

Hi, Simon.

You are an unusual person, if you are "happy to take the task on." I
would be eternally happy if you would do so!

George

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine -
Eduardo Galeanot



On Oct 18, 2008, at 5:09 AM, simon.franova wrote:

> > Stefan Fisahn, who has supplied us with the wiki server,
> > can no longer do so.
>
> Ah...
> "Sooner or later, it was bound to happen." (Arthur C. Clarke)
>
> I agree that Wikia would be a sensible place to move to:
> it's well-established and unlikely to disappear any time
> soon. It has annoying animated adverts, but so do other
> free wiki farms -- and savvy users can always find ways of
> getting their browsers to suppress the adverts if desired...
>
> Wikia sites aren't allowed to compete with projects of the
> Wikimedia Foundation, which means they can't compete with
> Wikipedia. I don't think that's a problem. Even though we're
> gradually building up an encyclopedia written in LFN, our
> aim there is not to compete with Wikipedia but to be accepted
> into it eventually!
>
> This move may be a blessing in disguise. The existing wiki
> contains a fair number of pages that are oddly named or
> that would be better if refactored into a more encyclopedic
> structure. Moving the pages across provides an opportunity
> to tidy many of these things up.
>
> It would also be a good idea to move LFN project pages (such
> as Parolas mancada, the grammar discussions, and the raw text
> of the dictionary) out of the main namespace (which should
> be reserved for encyclopedic articles) and into the project
> namespace.
>
> Clearly, moving the LFN wiki is now a priority. I suggest
> that, to avoid complete chaos, a single person should be
> responsible for moving everything across, and that no
> further changes should be made to the existing wiki once
> the move has started. I'm happy to take the task on, if no
> one else is interested.
>
> Simon
>
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