Depending upon how idiot friendly the server is, and
if there is web
access, I think I might be able to help set up a wiki. Would Wikimedia
be willing to host the site?
I hope not! This should be on a Canadian server. That would make it
subject to Canadian copyright law. We should get into the habit of
paying our own way instead of depending on WMF.
Ec.
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*From:* Jeffery Nichols <arctic.gnome(a)gmail.com>
*To:* Wikimedia Canada planning list <wikimedia-ca(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Sent:* Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:14:55 AM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia-Canada] A non-bylaw related meeting?
It doesn't have to be a meeting, though I do find that meetings can
get quite a bit of work done if enough people show up. To get the
ball rolling on this project, I have posted my two cents about how
this site might look at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Canada/Wikisource_Canada
and I encourage everyone to go to that page and tell me what you
think Wikisource Canada should be like.
As for the technical side, I don't know much about how to set up a
wiki, but I would gladly contribute to paying for some part of the
bandwidth until the organization get incorporated or can get a grant
from WMF. Do you have an estimate of how much it costs per size of
the size and number of hits?
-Jeffery Nichols (Arctic.gnome)
On 15-Jul-09, at 9:19 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
Jeffery Nichols wrote:
If people are interested, I would like to get
together in an online
meeting to discuss what our first project may be. I would especially
like to hear some ideas from some of the people who say they are
interested in WMC but don't want to work on the bylaws. Before the
bylaws can be completed, we need a more specific idea about what we
will first do after being established. I have argued that we should
try to set up an online database and gallery of Canadian historical
and artistic media, but I would like to hear everyone else's ideas,
as
well as discuss the logistics of setting up that kind of website.
Would current participants and people who have not yet attended a
meeting be interested in chatting for an hour or so next week on the
topic? If so, let me know and I'll set a time.
Of course, I'm never
interested in online meetings. They are just not
suited to a ponderous person who often pauses before responding to
comments.
That said, it's important to remember that Wikipedia was active for
more
than three years before WMF was incorporated. In those earliest years
Jimbo was footing the bills.
The online database is a great idea. What's more important than a
discussion of possibilities is for individuals to commit to certain
projects and tasks. It's fair enough to say, "I'm not interested in
writing by-laws," but at the same time is that person committing to
something else. Now it is important for someone to accept personal
responsibility for setting up the online database.
Setting up a website is great, and presumably it will employ Mediawiki
software. That takes someone to commit to paying for bandwidth,
starting the site at a technical level, and installing the basic
software.
Using wikisource.ca <http://wikisource.ca> for this is OK by me as
the
current owner of the
> domain name. I will raise the point when I'm at Wikimania, and unless
> more constructive ideas are raised there will make it available in
> September to someone who wants to start the website.
>
> Ec
>