Hi everyone,
My name is James Campbell, and I’m excited to write my first post to this list. I’m new to working on Wikimedia-related projects and wanted to share an idea I’m passionate about called *Wikigration*.
The inspiration for this project comes from a significant challenge many immigrants like myself and refugees face: accessing reliable, up-to-date immigration advice. Unfortunately, much of this information is locked behind private Facebook groups, paid services like lawyers, or inaccessible due to outdated public resources.
In an increasingly uncertain world, where migration is on the rise, finding even basic information—such as which residency permits to apply for or how to rent housing —can be daunting, especially for those who don’t know where to start looking.
*Wikigration* aims to address this gap by creating a free, user-friendly wiki where immigrants and refugees can find accurate, crowdsourced, and collaboratively maintained information. This resource would bring together the wealth of informal knowledge already being shared in private groups and make it publicly accessible to help people successfully migrate and integrate.
I envision Wikigration as a future Wikimedia sister project, aligned with the mission of making knowledge freely available to everyone. I’d love to hear from the community about:
- Steps I should take to align with the Wikimedia Foundation’s standards and processes. - Guidelines to follow to ensure this becomes a successful, endorsed project. - Insights or advice from similar projects within the movement.
Thank you for your time and any advice or feedback you can offer!
Looking forward to contributing and collaborating with this wonderful community.
Best regards, James Campbell
Would this be better incorporated within the WikiVoyage community?
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 16:44, James Campbell j@nametruffle.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
My name is James Campbell, and I’m excited to write my first post to this list. I’m new to working on Wikimedia-related projects and wanted to share an idea I’m passionate about called *Wikigration*.
The inspiration for this project comes from a significant challenge many immigrants like myself and refugees face: accessing reliable, up-to-date immigration advice. Unfortunately, much of this information is locked behind private Facebook groups, paid services like lawyers, or inaccessible due to outdated public resources.
In an increasingly uncertain world, where migration is on the rise, finding even basic information—such as which residency permits to apply for or how to rent housing —can be daunting, especially for those who don’t know where to start looking.
*Wikigration* aims to address this gap by creating a free, user-friendly wiki where immigrants and refugees can find accurate, crowdsourced, and collaboratively maintained information. This resource would bring together the wealth of informal knowledge already being shared in private groups and make it publicly accessible to help people successfully migrate and integrate.
I envision Wikigration as a future Wikimedia sister project, aligned with the mission of making knowledge freely available to everyone. I’d love to hear from the community about:
- Steps I should take to align with the Wikimedia Foundation’s
standards and processes.
- Guidelines to follow to ensure this becomes a successful, endorsed
project.
- Insights or advice from similar projects within the movement.
Thank you for your time and any advice or feedback you can offer!
Looking forward to contributing and collaborating with this wonderful community.
Best regards, James Campbell _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello James,
We are currently in the process of moving to the new Wikimedia Projects Lifecyle Procedure outlined here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Commi...
In my personal opinion, Boodarwun Gnangarra is right: before applying to become a new WikiMedia Project, you need to show that your concept works - you have a viable community and sustainable activity.
You can start either in WikiVoyage or in Wikispore https://www.wikivoyage.org/ - travel wiki, international community, high level of activity
https://wikispore.wmflabs.org/ - a place to start a new project from scratch, has some tech unavailable in standard wikis.
Good luck.
Victoria
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 8:57 AM Gnangarra gnangarra@gmail.com wrote:
Would this be better incorporated within the WikiVoyage community?
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 16:44, James Campbell j@nametruffle.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
My name is James Campbell, and I’m excited to write my first post to this list. I’m new to working on Wikimedia-related projects and wanted to share an idea I’m passionate about called *Wikigration*.
The inspiration for this project comes from a significant challenge many immigrants like myself and refugees face: accessing reliable, up-to-date immigration advice. Unfortunately, much of this information is locked behind private Facebook groups, paid services like lawyers, or inaccessible due to outdated public resources.
In an increasingly uncertain world, where migration is on the rise, finding even basic information—such as which residency permits to apply for or how to rent housing —can be daunting, especially for those who don’t know where to start looking.
*Wikigration* aims to address this gap by creating a free, user-friendly wiki where immigrants and refugees can find accurate, crowdsourced, and collaboratively maintained information. This resource would bring together the wealth of informal knowledge already being shared in private groups and make it publicly accessible to help people successfully migrate and integrate.
I envision Wikigration as a future Wikimedia sister project, aligned with the mission of making knowledge freely available to everyone. I’d love to hear from the community about:
- Steps I should take to align with the Wikimedia Foundation’s
standards and processes.
- Guidelines to follow to ensure this becomes a successful, endorsed
project.
- Insights or advice from similar projects within the movement.
Thank you for your time and any advice or feedback you can offer!
Looking forward to contributing and collaborating with this wonderful community.
Best regards, James Campbell _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Agree this material is partly covered already at Wikivoyage and further details could definitely be added there
J
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 15:27 Victoria Doronina vdoronina@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello James,
We are currently in the process of moving to the new Wikimedia Projects Lifecyle Procedure outlined here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Commi...
In my personal opinion, Boodarwun Gnangarra is right: before applying to become a new WikiMedia Project, you need to show that your concept works - you have a viable community and sustainable activity.
You can start either in WikiVoyage or in Wikispore https://www.wikivoyage.org/ - travel wiki, international community, high level of activity
https://wikispore.wmflabs.org/ - a place to start a new project from scratch, has some tech unavailable in standard wikis.
Good luck.
Victoria
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 8:57 AM Gnangarra gnangarra@gmail.com wrote:
Would this be better incorporated within the WikiVoyage community?
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 16:44, James Campbell j@nametruffle.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
My name is James Campbell, and I’m excited to write my first post to this list. I’m new to working on Wikimedia-related projects and wanted to share an idea I’m passionate about called *Wikigration*.
The inspiration for this project comes from a significant challenge many immigrants like myself and refugees face: accessing reliable, up-to-date immigration advice. Unfortunately, much of this information is locked behind private Facebook groups, paid services like lawyers, or inaccessible due to outdated public resources.
In an increasingly uncertain world, where migration is on the rise, finding even basic information—such as which residency permits to apply for or how to rent housing —can be daunting, especially for those who don’t know where to start looking.
*Wikigration* aims to address this gap by creating a free, user-friendly wiki where immigrants and refugees can find accurate, crowdsourced, and collaboratively maintained information. This resource would bring together the wealth of informal knowledge already being shared in private groups and make it publicly accessible to help people successfully migrate and integrate.
I envision Wikigration as a future Wikimedia sister project, aligned with the mission of making knowledge freely available to everyone. I’d love to hear from the community about:
- Steps I should take to align with the Wikimedia Foundation’s
standards and processes.
- Guidelines to follow to ensure this becomes a successful, endorsed
project.
- Insights or advice from similar projects within the movement.
Thank you for your time and any advice or feedback you can offer!
Looking forward to contributing and collaborating with this wonderful community.
Best regards, James Campbell _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Both Wikivoyage and Wikibooks could be good starting points for this.
Best,
Galder ________________________________ From: James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 2:31 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Introduction and New Project Proposal: Wikigration
Agree this material is partly covered already at Wikivoyage and further details could definitely be added there
J
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 15:27 Victoria Doronina <vdoronina@wikimedia.orgmailto:vdoronina@wikimedia.org> wrote: Hello James,
We are currently in the process of moving to the new Wikimedia Projects Lifecyle Procedure outlined here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Commi...
In my personal opinion, Boodarwun Gnangarra is right: before applying to become a new WikiMedia Project, you need to show that your concept works - you have a viable community and sustainable activity.
You can start either in WikiVoyage or in Wikispore https://www.wikivoyage.org/ - travel wiki, international community, high level of activity
https://wikispore.wmflabs.org/ - a place to start a new project from scratch, has some tech unavailable in standard wikis.
Good luck.
Victoria
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 8:57 AM Gnangarra <gnangarra@gmail.commailto:gnangarra@gmail.com> wrote: Would this be better incorporated within the WikiVoyage community?
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 16:44, James Campbell <j@nametruffle.commailto:j@nametruffle.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
My name is James Campbell, and I’m excited to write my first post to this list. I’m new to working on Wikimedia-related projects and wanted to share an idea I’m passionate about called Wikigration.
The inspiration for this project comes from a significant challenge many immigrants like myself and refugees face: accessing reliable, up-to-date immigration advice. Unfortunately, much of this information is locked behind private Facebook groups, paid services like lawyers, or inaccessible due to outdated public resources.
In an increasingly uncertain world, where migration is on the rise, finding even basic information—such as which residency permits to apply for or how to rent housing —can be daunting, especially for those who don’t know where to start looking.
Wikigration aims to address this gap by creating a free, user-friendly wiki where immigrants and refugees can find accurate, crowdsourced, and collaboratively maintained information. This resource would bring together the wealth of informal knowledge already being shared in private groups and make it publicly accessible to help people successfully migrate and integrate.
I envision Wikigration as a future Wikimedia sister project, aligned with the mission of making knowledge freely available to everyone. I’d love to hear from the community about:
* Steps I should take to align with the Wikimedia Foundation’s standards and processes. * Guidelines to follow to ensure this becomes a successful, endorsed project. * Insights or advice from similar projects within the movement.
Thank you for your time and any advice or feedback you can offer!
Looking forward to contributing and collaborating with this wonderful community.
Best regards, James Campbell
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