Good eyes, Sj. I have to agree - opening a new wiki for every single project is a terrible idea, as we've learned from quality.wikimedia.org. Please try to use Meta for this purpose.
-Mike
On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 02:19 -0400, Samuel Klein wrote:
A related question - I see there was a request to set up a new domain, " strategy.wikimedia.org"
What would this new site be for? New single-purpose wikis can flounder after distracting people with setting up basic infrastructure (userpages, handy community gathering points) and tend to segment the community in a way that discourages broad participation.
Meta has been used for strategic planning since the beginning, and has attracted a pool of editors sympathetic to this sort of vision creation and consensus building.
SJ
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Eugene, very nice, thank you (and welcome!)
- Could you please help update the meta page on the process with your
thoughts and ideas? [[m:Strategic planning 2009]] What's your current rough timeline for the coming 12 months?
- I see you are using a non-editable Chandler calendar to track tasks. Can
you set up an editable one for the whole community to use? It also seems to me that more of the 'later' tasks, even at this early stage, should be milestones from / facilitated through / presented to the community, whereas they are currently designed around bridgespan and board meetings.
- I have the impression that bridgespan would like to be brought up to
speed on what the community's key issues, motivations, and priorities are. You probably know better than anyone; how can community members best help get outsiders (like BS) get up to speed on past discussions about WM and WP future planning? How have you been getting up to speed?
This might be a good discussion to continue on-wiki -- I expect most of the community editing about this will take place on Meta, and its pages are watched by many people who don't read f-l.
Warmly, SJ
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Eugene Eric Kim eekim@blueoxen.comwrote:
Hi everybody,
We're still in the process of getting up to speed, but I'm anxious to start interacting with more of you and garnering some feedback as we prepare to initiate this process. As a way to get to know each other and talk about the process, Philippe and I will be holding IRC office hours tomorrow on freenode's #wikimedia channel from 8-10pm UTC. (You can convert this to your local timezone using: http://bit.ly/1aCw9p ).
It will be informal. We'll be around to chat, hear your ideas, and tell you what we know thus far. Please join us, and please spread the word to others who might be interested!
Thanks!
=Eugene
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