Hi all. The details of the re-naming process for the project currently known as Wikilambda are now at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_... I'd appreciate your questions or feedback onwiki! I've added some additional notes on the talkpage there, too.[1]
Over the next 2 weeks I'll send out wider reminders for people to continue proposing alternative names. The first round of voting will begin on 29 September.
Please add any comments about specific names into the new locations, linked there. I'll be working to migrate content from the old talkpage, too.
I'll update this thread with each of the next steps over the coming weeks.
Thanks as always, Nick / Quiddity
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_na... And also some comments at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia/Name#Naming_process_...
Hi all,
Maybe you already took the opportunity to see how the naming contest for the Wiki of Function is going - and it is going really well! We have more than 130 proposals already in, which is far more than we expected. Thank you for that!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_...
On the talk page some of you have raised the issue that this doesn’t allow for an effective voting, because most voters will not go through 130+ proposals to give their votes on that.[1]
We would like to pick up on the suggestions made on the talk page, and propose modifying the rules slightly. We think this setup might work best:
1. Allow expressing supporting votes effectively immediately - E.g. asking here and on the talkpage for people to add {{support}} votes manually, over the next week. 2. On September 29, we add the voting button and thus make it easier to vote. 3. At the same time, we introduce two tiers of visibility for the voting: the top 20 proposals by number of support at this point will be visible on the default (current) voting page. There will then also be a second page with all proposals to vote on linked from the main voting page, the second tier. 4. During the vote, once every working day or so, we will check if there are any proposals that should be moved to the main voting page or dropped from it. We use some discretion here, but basically if anything has more support than the least supported proposals on the main voting page, it should be on the main voting page. 5. Adding completely new proposals will be possible even after September 29, but only to the full list of proposals, i.e. the second tier.
Please let us know if you're for or against this, or if you have comments, here or onwiki or offlist.
Cheers, Nick / Quiddity
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_na...
FOR.
I've added my few {{support}} votes just now. Let's get this now huge listing dwindled down quickly :-)
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 4:45 PM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < nwilson@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,
Maybe you already took the opportunity to see how the naming contest for the Wiki of Function is going - and it is going really well! We have more than 130 proposals already in, which is far more than we expected. Thank you for that!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_...
On the talk page some of you have raised the issue that this doesn’t allow for an effective voting, because most voters will not go through 130+ proposals to give their votes on that.[1]
We would like to pick up on the suggestions made on the talk page, and propose modifying the rules slightly. We think this setup might work best:
- Allow expressing supporting votes effectively immediately - E.g. asking
here and on the talkpage for people to add {{support}} votes manually, over the next week. 2. On September 29, we add the voting button and thus make it easier to vote. 3. At the same time, we introduce two tiers of visibility for the voting: the top 20 proposals by number of support at this point will be visible on the default (current) voting page. There will then also be a second page with all proposals to vote on linked from the main voting page, the second tier. 4. During the vote, once every working day or so, we will check if there are any proposals that should be moved to the main voting page or dropped from it. We use some discretion here, but basically if anything has more support than the least supported proposals on the main voting page, it should be on the main voting page. 5. Adding completely new proposals will be possible even after September 29, but only to the full list of proposals, i.e. the second tier.
Please let us know if you're for or against this, or if you have comments, here or onwiki or offlist.
Cheers, Nick / Quiddity
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_na... _______________________________________________ Abstract-Wikipedia mailing list Abstract-Wikipedia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/abstract-wikipedia
We've adjusted the process based on the feedback here and onwiki.[1]
If you'd like to help highlight the best options, please start (manually) adding your Support votes to the specific proposals, within the "Voting" sub-sections, using: * {{support}} ~~~~ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_...
Next week we'll split the list into 2, and continue wider announcements for participation.
Feedback welcome, as always. Much thanks, Nick / Quiddity
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_na...
The first vote is now fully-live. Please vote for any of the proposals you support, if you haven't already!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wiki_of_functions_naming_... Thank you again to everyone who has commented or helped so far. Nick / Quiddity
Briefly, we are very happy to announce that the communities' selection of the name "Wikifunctions" will be the new name for the upcoming wiki. No major blockers have been identified by a legal review.
We want to thank everyone for helping with the naming process, and particularly the legal team for their diligent work.
Happy holidays and see you back in 2021, when we will also be kicking off the logo process.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 12:35 PM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < nwilson@wikimedia.org> wrote:
The first vote is now fully-live. Please vote for any of the proposals you support, if you haven't already!
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