User talk:Gil

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Hey, you crept in quietly so nobody noticed at first!

Thanks for the note on my talk page (which I didn't see at first because it was at the top; I may move it down to fit the chronological order of the others). As for a Wikia of websites, I think someone proposed and started one. Have a look at Proposed_wikis. I'm now doing a little on IllumiRate, which is a small-scale Zeal.

Robin Patterson 20:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!
Best of luck in your new position! I wish you the best of luck. - Nhprman 00:56, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Question re: Travel and Scotland Wikia(s)
Gil, I like your Europe travel page a lot. But WOW, talk about synchonicity! I came upon the Scotland Wikia just the other day and after thinking it through a bit, I put together a main page for it and began planning the next step.

However, I wonder if you would weigh in on this question I have before I move forward: After doing this, I came upon the travel Wikia, which I'd heard about but never visited. The Scotland Wikia was approved back in August, but is it duplication to have this and a Travel wikia? Where does something like this properly belong, or can both co-exist? Note that I kind of envision this as an interactive guide, not just a strictly touristy guide, but perhaps that's what the Travel wikia is, too. I'll be looking forward to your opinion on this. - Nhprman 04:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * There might be some duplication at first. The travel wiki is an experiment at the moment, and we're going to look at what sort of content we could merge from the place wikis, but what I'm expecting we'll find is that there is a lot of information in those that doesn't fit a tourist-focused wiki. One solution might be to have a "locals" wiki to accompany travel, where everything else could go, but we'd love to know the opinions of users of those place wikis on whether that seems a good solution or not. Please don't be concerned about the place wikis disappearing. We're not intending to "lose" any content regardless of which wiki that might end up on. Angela (talk) 06:21, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks to both of you for responding. The travel wiki seems like a good idea, since it's a central location for travel info. Of course there seems to be a "city" wiki as well to which some of those place wikis have migrated, so there seems to be a good deal of duplication, but I'm sure it will sort itself out. The one thing I would urge Gil to do is develop a policy in which "Rapid Consensus" can be reached here both on the executive and "community" level, so you can avoid facing a Wikia in which, a year from now, a Travel wiki is competing with the City wiki and individual Place wikis, all with very strong supporters stubbornly holding onto "their" versions and refusing to adopt a standard Wikia guideline on place/travel wikis. (Of course a large, passionate group of supporters for ANY of them would be seen as a blessing, I'm sure!)
 * Without such a well-defined process of consensus, you may end up going through ENDLESS votes and revotes trying to seek consensus among users (many of them, it must be remembered, are brand new to Wikia and some will be voting/weighing in anonymously. The experience on Wikipedia has shown that all decision-making can easily be crippled by 1) an extremely high standard for what "consensus" means and 2) a failure to make decisions, for fear they will not be well received. As a business person, Gil, I think you bring a unique understanding as to what is required to diplomatically and promptly break impasses like this, when they arise, and that's yet another reason I'm delighted you are aboard! Sorry for the long post, I usually try to keep them to 200 words or less. - Nhprman 15:49, 10 June 2006 (UTC)