User:Anthony cfc/Archive/Esperanza
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[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!
Welcome, Anthony cfc, to Esperanza! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.
Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is Stressbusters, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We will send you newsletters to keep you up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.
In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Proposals.
If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Natalya by email or talk page. Consider introducing yourself at the Esperanza talk page! Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). If you're new to IRC, you may find help at an IRC tutorial. I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!
This is an archive and is for reference purposes only. Please leave comments on my talk page. Cheers.
[edit] Esperanza
Would you like to see Esperanza return Geo. 20:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- In a word - no. The organisation was deleted for a reason; the cleansing of the program is for the best. Esperanza was like a 3/4 rotten apple - the 1/4 of the apple that was good, consisting of flavours such as Admin Coaching and Stress alerts, was cut up and put into the Wikipedia apple pie. The other 3/4 was put exactly where it needs to be - the bin. One huge, deleted-items bin; lost in the mists of Wikimedia servers.
- If metaphors are not your thing, then here is my justification in a literal manner - Esperanza was a hierarchical organisation that detracted from the real reasons editors are to sign on each day - to edit. The useful parts where stripped off and given pages of their own, and the rest of it was deleted.
- If you plan to recreate Esperanza, then a warning to you - the majority of the Wikipedia community are going to see your recreation as an opportunity for an editor to head an influential (or once influential) organization, purely for his/her own benefit. Please don't read into this wrong - I am not at all suggesting that, but I am in no doubt that that is what the community consensus is going to be. Esperanza was deleted for a reason, and we will get on just fine without it.
- I hope my answer makes sense to you, and just to clarify - I do not wish to see Esperanza return, and I do not wish to be made a part of it.
Thanks for responding. Geo. 22:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
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