I agree that we could build on the sandbox model; add an extra filter to
RC, design a different visual background for those pages, and otherwise
keep this creative experimentation "within" existing wikis. But we can
also test it out on on a different experimental site, if we don't have that
investment in design at the moment.
(In the long run I'm a monowikiist, and think the ideal is 1 "wiki" that
supports all of the diversity of our current collective endeavors)
+S
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I like the idea of experimenting with new
knowledgespaces, with new
workflows to support them. With enough investment in design, I think this
could be done on a large scale right in the project namespace of English
Wikipedia.
Thanks,
Pharos
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Sarah (SV) <slimvirgin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Samuel Klein
<meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Jason. I enjoyed reading this, though the
conclusions remind me
of _Seeing Like a State_. Not all edits, editors, and subcommunities are
equal. Trying to shift about contributors en masse in a way that is
convenient for large organizations (or for those of us who like crunching
large datasets :) can be a total failure in practice.
Let's set up a new space where we can experiment with fast influxes of
newbies. The current large projects are not suited for this.
I believe good design is a key issue for editor attraction and
retention, so that
we can produce professional-looking articles we can be
proud of and want to write. I would also love to see the Foundation
redesign the front page. It's hard for the community to take the lead when
it comes to design, and it seems to fall off the radar when people discuss
editor retention and gender gap.
Sarah
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