On 9/9/09, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
On 2 Sep 2009, at 12:35, David Goodman wrote:
There is sufficient missing material in every
Wikipedia, sufficient
lack of coverage of areas outside the primary language zone and in
earlier periods, sufficient unsourced material; sufficient need for
updating articles, sufficient potentially free media to add,
sufficient needed imagery to get; that we have more than enough work
for all the volunteers we are likely to get.
I apologise for taking this slightly out of context, but it touches
upon something I've been wondering about recently, which is: do we
have a complete set of WMF projects?
great topic :-D
in my personal vision, it is rather obvious we should consider the
work of the wmf as "perpetually unfinished" just as wikipedia or any
of its other projects: an ongoing process, never ever {{done}}
completely.
to just do a little brainstorm, let me share some ideas as well:
* a compendium to wikipedia, collecting each and every complete older
encyclopedia (which is no longer copyrighted), thus also giving a peek
into the history of knowledge and of encyclopedias (does this really
belong in wikisource? maybe)
* a wikimusic including a musical dictionary, where one can e.g. look
up themes and melodies, find sheet music and recordings, searching by
notes etc
* i also thought of wikimaps, somebody mentioned this already, imnsho
including "all maps" in detailed resolutions also historical maps,
thus also giving a peek into the history of geography and of
cartography as well as leaving room for original creations under a
free license (new maps)
just my 2 cts ;-)
all the best,
oscar
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*edito ergo sum*