This is another example of a fantastic idea that we need to measure
and monitor so it stays fresh and keeps being fantastic :)
The Foundation is also in the process of profiling WP users and WP
readers from around the world.
Granted you can always create a meta page and get started, but we
should think about how you will keep this going, who will watch it (a
user, a chapter, the foundation?) and who will keep in touch with
those profiled so we can make sure we always have consent to use their
information?
This is another strong argument for doing all of this in one place,
probably not in a highly public wiki area, where we can track the
information. If you're working on materials that will ultimately
result in a public/media document, then you might need to keep it in a
more contained planning space than meta.
I know we are made from the stuff of broad public collaboration, but
in cases like these I'm happy to discuss the project/strategy in a
place like this so we can think about the best ways to move forward.
I would prefer to see the product of this work in one public product
that one or several people are keeping up to date than in a place
where people could possibly stumble into it one year from now.
All part of the 'best practices' discussion i hope we can have about
this process.
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On Aug 24, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Sean Whitton wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 03:33:23PM +0200, Ziko van Dijk wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> A useful element for a leaflet or booklet are short bios of
>> Wikipedians, to show what kind of people actually contribute. For
>> example, in my prototype German booklet I present Dr. Josef Winiger
>> form Switzerland, a philosopher and translator of fictional
>> literature. His PhD thesis was about the famous 19th century thinker
>> Ludwig Feuerbach. He is also main author of the article "Ludwig
>> Feuerbach", and for that he was awarded in 2007 with the
>> Zedler-Medaille of Wikimedia Deutschland and the Akademie der
>> Wissenschaften und Literatur (Mainz).
>>
>> Another one is 15 year old user "Suedwester93" from Münster who is
>> interested in the history of German resistence, believes that India
>> is
>> the coming super power and that Loriot is the greatest comedian of
>> all
>> times. He wrote the articles "Deutsche Botschaft London" and "Salomon
>> Blumenau".
>>
>> You see, such short bios include something interesting, something
>> that
>> makes people curious (a 15 year old encyclopedian? let's have a look
>> at that articles!). They link the notion "Wikipedia" positively with
>> real (even if anonymous) persons.
>>
>> Would it be a good idea to collect such bios at Meta-Wiki, in the
>> original language and also in English? At the moment, I am looking
>> for
>> some bios about Wikipedians from other Wikipedias than the German
>> one.
>
> It would - go ahead :)
>
> Sean
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