Here's an introduction from a new list member ..
For those who haven't done so already, I'd also appreciate an introduction.
As a reminder, the purpose of this list is to bring together people with big ideas around MediaWiki, and those with the means to make them happen. Ideally they're both in one person. ;-)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bill F bill.altmail@gmail.com Date: Sep 24, 2007 1:22 PM Subject: Re: MediaWiki NG list membership To: Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org
My name is Bill Flanagan. I work for MIT as a programmer responsible for OpenWetWare.org, an NSF-funded collaboration project using MediaWiki as its basis. There are currently over 3000 researchers at over 100 labs globally using OpenWetWare on a daly basis. Lab notebooks, information sharing, and blogging are all supported.
We are currently augmenting citation and image editing tools. Search and metadata-handling functions are also being improved. Private wikis are provided on request for individual projects and labs where needed.
Prior to this, I worked on a now defunct attempt to use Mediawiki as the basis of a for-profit business-oriented version of Wikipedia. My background is in collaborative application systems. I was one of the lead architects on the Lotus Notes product from the time the product was released until Lotus was sold to IBM.
Thanks.
Bill Flanagan
On 9/23/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
All -
you've applied for membership in the "MediaWiki Next Generation" mailing list. The purpose of the list is to bring together funders of "big picture" changes to MediaWiki with those interested in working on implementations, and to coordinate such efforts to avoid duplication.
If this is what you signed up for, please tell me a little about yourself, and I'll add you to to the list.
If you do not take any action in response to this mail I won't add you to the list.
It's currently low traffic, but I for one do send updates about my own work through multiple organizations, as it relates to MediaWiki.
-- Toward Peace, Love & Progress: Erik
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