On 15 July 2010 22:35, Philippe Beaudette pbeaudette@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hiya -
I asked Danese, who is currently buried under about 20 pounds of stuff after coming back from Wikimania, to further describe the stakeholder database. Her response is:
Sue has a vision for a single master database that tracks our interactions with movement participants. It is intended to help us better respond to requests from individuals by joining all the info we have from prior interactions with that person. This will be particularly important as we grow the staff, because current onboarding time requires long "buddy system" pairings with existing staff to teach how to best interact. So for instance, if you have had a Wikipedia account since 2005, have made enough edits to become, say, an Admin, have uploaded 100 images to Commons, have been a donor every year and have responded helpfully to many OTRS requests, there should be a quick way for a new staffer to learn those facts. All of this information is available to the staff now, just not in an aggregated place.
Danese
I had understood that another use-case for such a database is when an
external organisation (e.g. a local library in some city where there is no Chapter presence) asks for a local Wikimedian to come and give a presentation or advice on how to get involved. Such a database (IIRC) should be able to produce a list of people who a) live in that local area, b) are happy/able to give public presentations and c) know about the specific subject being requested e.g. Wikisource.
-Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love & metadata