This thread illustrates both what is good and what is bad about Commons.
There is general agreement that Commons could be made more user-friendly and that we need to reach out and communicate more.
Good: There are at least 15 decent ideas that have been mentioned, all of which merit further discussion. So there are plently of ideas around.
Bad: Everyone has ideas, but nobody has the inclination to take the lead and to do anything with them. So, nothing happens (again).
Proposal:
(1) That the ideas in this thread be captured, and copied to Commons under a new project page called (eg) Commons: Outreach. (2) That we try to build support for taking some of the ideas forward. The first stage would be to find users who are committed to improving Commons/the Wikis and who would be prepared to act as sub-project leaders.
What about it?
Michael
Florian Straub wrote:
Hi there,
since I'm, subscribed via digest I have no mail to reply, so here some random ideas (rough brainstorming) about the issues mentioned in the thread 'Making Wikimedia Commons less frightening':
- We need to have at least one (leading) person per language to
translate the messages. They should be contactable via email as well. Maybe coordinated by a mailing-list. Wasn't there one?
- We could "use" the translation power of the folks at betawiki
- I tried to launch a mentoring programme some months ago, but with no
success: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Mentoring
Maybe we could include SOME contact people directly in the templates.
What about something like ambassadors?
These are just some spontaneous ideas, I wanted to share. Maybe you have some to say about some of them ...
Best regards,
Flo
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