User:Nicholasjf21/In Defence of Wikivoyage

In the last edition of the Signpost, an article was posted which painted some of the policies of the Wikimedia Foundation's newest project in a fairly poor light. Wikivoyage (for it is she) remains less than a year old (in its current form at least), but already has seen progress and expansion. Like any project, it sees its up and downs, but it nonetheless achieving its goal of providing entertaining and enlightening articles about destinations around the world.

Wikivoyage, as we know it, had a somewhat difficult birth: the result of a fork from Wikitravel. Whilst this was undoubtedly a baptism of fire for the new project, it has come with some small blessings. Wikipedia is often criticised for being something of a behemoth that is difficult to steer, but the Wikivoyage lifeboat, as comparatively flimsy as it may seem, has been able to weather many storms and change direction altogether when necessary. Indeed, Wikivoyage has been a crucible of innovation: already the site has seen a new Main Page, the introduction of 'page banners', a 'Tourist Office' for travel questions, an integrated listings editor, embedded maps and many other improvements to the way it functions as a travel guide.