In reply to Siobhan.

I actually prefer to see duplicated efforts at times. Sometimes folks just have a vision of what they want to do and trying to work with others can make it harder for that vision to become a reality. This is especially true when dealing with the official project where you might have 100 different people with 100 different ideas about what needs to be done.

There are also benefits to having multiple, related projects. For one, you benefit from having competition. If you want to be the go-to resource, you should be better than everyone else. It provides a way for different types of users to go to the site that they prefer. It makes each project stronger because each can learn from the other.