Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-03-15/News and notes


 * While we're on the subject of closing Wikiversity, let's also talk about getting rid of Wikiquote. harej  20:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikiquote is a completely different problem. There is no point combining the discussions. --Tango (talk) 22:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Let's kill Wikibooks and Wikisource too!-- mono  23:29, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikiquote is indeed a different set of bags (I'm bereft of folksy mannerisms tonight) but I felt like mentioning it as another project I'm not too fond of. Mono, how serious are you being? harej  00:46, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Meh, lets kill Wikipedia well we're at it. (jk) Bawolff (talk) 02:03, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I say: delete and salt all the Wikipedia Signpost archives when you delete these projects. - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 05:55, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I see your Signpost and I raise the whole series of tubes.  bahamut0013  words deeds 13:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I've always loved wikiquote, wikibooks AND wikisource, but I never go to wikiversity. I won't mind if it's merged into 'books. Yeah, I know that would violate 'books guidelines but I believe they also have IAR over there. BTW, I support Jimbo's decision because we should not use Wikipedia to experiment.  Kayau  Voting  IS   evil 14:24, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * as a historical note, Wikiversity started out as part of Wikibooks and was eventually spun into its own, more inclusive project. -- phoebe / (talk to me) 15:36, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Poor Matthew.. -- &oelig; &trade; 10:00, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


 * On a different topic, I'm glad to see that someone has finally implemented an idea I've had for many years, but never managed to do anything substantial with. Congrats to Liam, who in any case deserves all of the credit for making it work! -- llywrch (talk)

I am seriously confused by these deletion discussions and the incident of an ethical breaching experiment. Considering myself a less regular but (in my estimate) consistently productive contributor in terms of minor (while in a swarmy way important) activities, I feel like the alienated base of a political system; or, to use an entirely different metaphor, like a mortal facing the incomprehensible olympian Gods' decisions over the Earth. As far as I comprehend the situation, I would support Jimmy Wales' decision, as the reasoning behind it seems fair and sound to me. Above all, the (sarcastic? cynical? ...?) undertones of the deletion proposals in the comments above seem incomprehensible to me - if someone is tired of sacrificing time and effort for certain projects, why don't they just leave those alone with it, who still try to build something up? Guys, seriously, I think you have a real life you can work on just as well as tearing down the spirit of those who still believe in a project. If I am mistaking something right now that I could have known better by deeper research into the topic and its timeline, I regret that I don't want to know it. Regards, --Klingon83 (talk) 13:59, 21 March 2010 (UTC)