Despite not being within the bounds of Wikimedia projects, certain things can still be useful for other non-Wikimedia projects to pick up in the future. To accomodate such pages, we could start up a "waiting room" wiki that would reside there until they can be exported somewhere. For example, let's say someone writes a very crufty article about The Simpsons. However, if there isn't a Simpsons-Wiki yet, then the page can be exported to the waiting room wiki in the meantime. This way, when a Simpsons-Wiki comes to existence, they can search through the waiting room for content they can use. They can then export it (conserving the edit history) and import it onto their wiki.
Another example is if someone writes an article, say, "List of sex symbols." Obviously not within Wikipedia's goals, however may prove useful for someone else in the future. In the meantime, it can be exported to the lovely dumping ground that is the Waiting Room Wiki. Once someone starts some sex symbol project, they can export the page and use it.
Keep in mind that this is not a Wikimedia project like Wikinews and Wiktionary are, but something more like the Incubator which is used for our purposes.
Cheers, MessedRocker. (Or James Hare)
Hmmmm you mentioned "the Incubator", then how is your proposal different from the existing incubator wiki at http://incubator.wikimedia.org?
Cheers
On 6/24/06, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Keep in mind that this is not a Wikimedia project like Wikinews and Wiktionary are, but something more like the Incubator which is used for our purposes.
If there would not be an article about the Simpsons why not just create it eventually in your userspace first if you're not sure enough? The sandbox can be used for this purpose as well.
I see no use for a seperate waiting room which may be filled with a lot of stuff that is barely organized.
Patio (Pationl on w:en)
--- James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Despite not being within the bounds of Wikimedia projects, certain things can still be useful for other non-Wikimedia projects to pick up in the future. To accomodate such pages, we could start up a "waiting room" wiki that would reside there until they can be exported somewhere. For example, let's say someone writes a very crufty article about The Simpsons. However, if there isn't a Simpsons-Wiki yet, then the page can be exported to the waiting room wiki in the meantime. This way, when a Simpsons-Wiki comes to existence, they can search through the waiting room for content they can use. They can then export it (conserving the edit history) and import it onto their wiki.
Groets / Ciao, Klaas e/o Paola home www.innocentisart.nl
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The Incubator is more for things that are allowable under Foundation bylaws that will spin off into a new project if popular enough.
The Waiting Room Wiki would be used for things that are highly unlikely to used in a Wikimedia project, so they sit and wait until claimed by someone else. At least this way, the article can be preserved and maybe cleaned up in the process.
On 6/24/06, Klaas patio_nl@yahoo.com wrote:
If there would not be an article about the Simpsons why not just create it eventually in your userspace first if you're not sure enough? The sandbox can be used for this purpose as well.
I see no use for a seperate waiting room which may be filled with a lot of stuff that is barely organized.
Patio (Pationl on w:en)
--- James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Despite not being within the bounds of Wikimedia projects, certain things can still be useful for other non-Wikimedia projects to pick up in the future. To accomodate such pages, we could start up a "waiting room" wiki that would reside there until they can be exported somewhere. For example, let's say someone writes a very crufty article about The Simpsons. However, if there isn't a Simpsons-Wiki yet, then the page can be exported to the waiting room wiki in the meantime. This way, when a Simpsons-Wiki comes to existence, they can search through the waiting room for content they can use. They can then export it (conserving the edit history) and import it onto their wiki.
Groets / Ciao, Klaas e/o Paola home www.innocentisart.nl
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If those things are not in the scope of the Foundation, I don't see why we should put them in the Wikimedia space in the first place. Perhaps Wikia would be a better place.
Cheers
On 6/24/06, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
The Waiting Room Wiki would be used for things that are highly unlikely to used in a Wikimedia project, so they sit and wait until claimed by someone else. At least this way, the article can be preserved and maybe cleaned up in the process.
Yes... a Wiki Waiting Room. Like the Scratchpad! I should've known better. Thank you for your time, anyways.
On 6/24/06, Lorenzarius lorenzarius@gmail.com wrote:
If those things are not in the scope of the Foundation, I don't see why we should put them in the Wikimedia space in the first place. Perhaps Wikia would be a better place.
Cheers
On 6/24/06, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
The Waiting Room Wiki would be used for things that are highly unlikely
to
used in a Wikimedia project, so they sit and wait until claimed by
someone
else. At least this way, the article can be preserved and maybe cleaned
up
in the process.
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