[WikiEN-l] The Help Wiki

[Martijn Hoekstra]

Hm, interesting thought, assuming WikBack and HelpWiki generate more
income with their adds then they will cost. The idea is that both
would be completely independent, and their income could be regular
gifts to WikiMedia? If this is the case though, WikiMedia has nothing
to do with it, apart from being thankfull for the donations (and the
subject of the sites, obviously). In that case, this discussion could
better be held on the forums themselves though.

On Jan 14, 2008 9:04 AM, private musings <thepmaccount at gmail.com> wrote:
> I too think this is quite an interesting idea - and will head over there to
> take a look and register....
>
> Also under discussion at the WikBack are the foundation's money issues - and
> one way to side step some of the concerns might be for sites like WikBack
> and HelpWiki to take ads and donate that money back to the WMF.. any
> thoughts on that?
>
> PM.
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2008 9:10 AM, AGK <agkwiki at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > G Donato speaks wisely here :) again, everybody is welcome to register an
> > account: it's all for the good of Wikipedia, and anybody will be received
> > with open arms! AGK
> >
> > On 13/01/2008, G Donato <gdonato at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > AGK wrote:
> > > > I've noticed the growth of the WikBack, and decided this is a good
> > time
> > > for
> > > > new projects. The Help Wiki is a MediaWiki site which aims to produce
> > > some
> > > > neat little help guides for newbies on Wikipedia. At the present,
> > we're
> > > just
> > > > writing them and improving them: we're taking it slow, and our little
> > > > community is still unsure whether our guides will eventually be
> > > implemented
> > > > onto Wikipedia, or kept on-site.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, we're located at <
> > > > http://www.pj.tsone.info/helpwiki/index.php/Main_Page> (the domain
> > name
> > > > isn't sorted yet), and all contributors are welcome. We use the
> > > FlaggedRevs
> > > > extension to provide some basic peer review and constructive
> > criticism,
> > > as
> > > > well as a basic level of quality for our readers, but otherwise
> > > everybody is
> > > > welcome to contribute!
> > > >
> > > > The project was founded by User:Qst at enwiki, and has a basic community
> > of
> > > ~8
> > > > users; we're around a month old. I'm just the developer for it, by the
> > > way
> > > > ;) so, all welcome, even if you just create an account, and perhaps
> > add
> > > a
> > > > guide or two!
> > > >
> > > > Best regards to all,
> > > > Anthony
> > > >
> > > > User:AGK
> > > > en.wikipedia.org
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> > > I do think the scope of this site is rather good as Wikipedia is
> > > probably quite a daunting place due to its size and possible cabal-ish
> > > feel for some people. An external place to provide help may be quite
> > > good and reassuring despite the fact that Wikipedia has its own help
> > > pages. Another help site could be stronger when it comes to discussing
> > > the standard practice, if not the policies, of the Wikipedia community,
> > > for example.
> > >
> > > G Donato
> > >
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