2009/1/29 Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org:
If you haven't seen it yet, Ubuntu is running an interesting brainstorming software called IdeaTorrent to think collectively about common problems and solutions:
The software:
I wonder - would people consider it useful to set up something like brainstorm.wikimedia.org using this software, or would it be too duplicative of BugZilla and listservs? The benefit of IdeaTorrent is that it's very straightforward for non-technical users to contribute ideas and solutions. And, of course, it could be used for non-technical problems as well.
Sounds wonderful. I would strongly support it. I did not yet notice an accepted procedure for MW feature requests or roadmap type stuff.
Is there a way to separate requests e.g. for different projects? Wikimedia Commons, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikisource, Wikipedia. Plus a general/default section for stuff that benefits multiple/all projects.
/me has a look at the demo... when you submit a request, you can choose a category... and you can view by category as well, cool. Well that is my suggestion for that. :)
cheers Brianna