So....how much does it cost to develop and run an entirely new and
different type of project? Who develops it? How much would the hosting
cost on an ongoing basis? Is this project more important and more needed
than an existing project type?
These aren't small questions; they are in fact the questions that need to
be asked every time we come up with an idea (no matter how great the idea)
for a new project type. Contrary to popular belief, there isn't an
unlimited budget, and there aren't unlimited staffing resources for these
things. Everything costs real money and the time of real people, and we as
a broad community need to be far more cognizant of the limitations of these
resources, and the likelihood that the financial situation is not going to
change significantly in the coming five years.
Personally, I think this is an idea with possibilities, but it is a very
expensive one because it will need an entirely different way of operating.
So...where would be cut costs to make this possible? Should we close some
little-used projects so they no longer draw on our limited pool of
resources? Should we cut back on volunteer/community safety and resources?
There are always trade-offs. In the WMF annual plan, they talk about some
of those trade-offs. This is another one. New, different projects need to
be able to justify their cost and existence. In fact, in the
not-too-distant future, I can foresee that some minimal-use projects may
also have to justify their existence. I am all in favour of being
visionary - but I'm also in favour of planting these visions in solid
ground.
Risker/Anne
On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 12:19, Ilario Valdelli <valdelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I like the idea.
Sometimes people need a simple answer.
At the moment to receive an answer from Wikipedia for some articles people
need a Phd.
A solution like that can give a smart and quick and understable answer.
Kind regards
On Mon, 15 May 2023, 11:48 Adam Sobieski, <adamsobieski(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
Wikimedia,
Per the recent interest in and discussions about artificial intelligence
in this mailing list, I am pleased to indicate the *Wikianswers* project
proposal. The proposal describes some approaches for integrating these
technologies (e.g., multimodal dialogue systems, chatbots, and
question-answering systems) with existing Wiki platforms.
"Wikianswers would be a large-scale, user-editable cache of multimodal
answers from artificial intelligence systems, e.g., one or more large
language models, which tightly integrates with Wikipedia, Wikidata, and
Commons."
This project proposal is described in more detail here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikianswers .
Thank you. Please feel free to review the project proposal and to comment
either here or there with any opinions, questions, feedback, or suggestions.
Best regards,
Adam Sobieski
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