2011/2/22 Dario Taraborelli dtaraborelli@wikimedia.org:
Hi Mayo, many thanks for getting this started, I'll add further comments on the Meta page. I second Aaron's concerns and we need to think of some clever ways to make the directory self-sustainable. Incentives related to visibility might play an important role among researchers (especially if we say that projects listed in the directory will be given further visibility, once the results are published, via other Wikimedia outlets: blogs, mailing lists, the Signpost, official twitter accounts), but other ideas are welcome.
Agreed. Dario and I will ensure that research undertaken directly by WMF will always be reflected in the project list, but we definitely have to think about what will motivate others to have their projects listed on this page, and where it should be a required part of the process (e.g. SRAG approval, access to WMF computational resources).