[Foundation-l] Accelerating chapter creation

[Erik Moeller]

Wikimedia projects exist in over 100 languages. Many of those
languages are spoken in countries which do not have chapters yet.

Would it be a worthwhile experiment, for every wiki that is in a
language without a chapter in the country/countries where it is
spoken, to put a note in the _registered user_ site notice, such as:

 "If you are interested in starting a Wikimedia Foundation chapter in
  [country/countries], please go to [page on Meta]"?

The process could be similar to the Wikinews language creation
process, i.e., there would have to be a minimum number of supporters,
who might also have to do some grunt work to prove commitment. Then
they would get their own chapter mailing list.

Unregistered readers would not see this notice.

We might define some preconditions for this:

1) Single login to make it easier to switch over to Meta
2) Logo / trademark agreements fully sorted out with existing chapters
3) Best practices document in place
4) Dismissable site notice so users won't be permanently annoyed by it.

But in general, do you think it's an idea worth exploring?

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Peace & Love,
Erik

Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

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