2011/2/22 Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Hi Mayo,
many thanks for getting this started, I'll add further comments on the Meta
page. I second Aaron's concerns and we need to think of some clever ways to
make the directory self-sustainable. Incentives related to visibility might
play an important role among researchers (especially if we say that projects
listed in the directory will be given further visibility, once the results
are published, via other Wikimedia outlets: blogs, mailing lists, the
Signpost, official twitter accounts), but other ideas are welcome.
Agreed. Dario and I will ensure that research undertaken directly by
WMF will always be reflected in the project list, but we definitely
have to think about what will motivate others to have their projects
listed on this page, and where it should be a required part of the
process (e.g. SRAG approval, access to WMF computational resources).
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