Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the wikimedia foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one person about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at the wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how to make this happen.
-jim
2008/8/21 James Taylor taylorjames9@gmail.com
Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the wikimedia foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one person about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at the wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how to make this happen.
-jim
What's the project about?
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:29 AM, James Taylor taylorjames9@gmail.com wrote:
Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the wikimedia foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one person about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at the wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how to make this happen.
Hi Jim,
New projects are usually proposed on meta. If you havent already, take a look at the current proposals as someone else might already have proposed a similar project:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects
-- John Vandenberg
2008/8/22 John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:29 AM, James Taylor taylorjames9@gmail.com wrote:
Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the wikimedia foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one
person
about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at the wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how to
make
this happen.
Hi Jim,
New projects are usually proposed on meta. If you havent already, take a look at the current proposals as someone else might already have proposed a similar project:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects
-- John Vandenberg
That page is fine for looking at previous proposals, but that page is now obselete. New projects should be proposed in the form of a brand new page on meta.
Ok - great. I'm really glad I asked.
I took a look at the old wiki projects (including the accepted proposal for Wikiversity) and none of them necessarily interfere with mine.
So - how do I add the new page to "meta"? (Sorry if I'm slow on the uptake.)
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Al Tally majorly.wiki@googlemail.comwrote:
2008/8/22 John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:29 AM, James Taylor taylorjames9@gmail.com wrote:
Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the
wikimedia
foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one
person
about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at
the
wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how to
make
this happen.
Hi Jim,
New projects are usually proposed on meta. If you havent already, take a look at the current proposals as someone else might already have proposed a similar project:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects
-- John Vandenberg
That page is fine for looking at previous proposals, but that page is now obselete. New projects should be proposed in the form of a brand new page on meta.
-- Alex (User:Majorly) _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
2008/8/22 James Taylor taylorjames9@gmail.com
Ok - great. I'm really glad I asked.
I took a look at the old wiki projects (including the accepted proposal for Wikiversity) and none of them necessarily interfere with mine.
So - how do I add the new page to "meta"? (Sorry if I'm slow on the uptake.)
Go to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Name_of_your_project
The page should be blank. Click the Create tab at the top. In the text box, add the info about your proposal, then click save underneath.
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Al Tally majorly.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
2008/8/22 John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:29 AM, James Taylor taylorjames9@gmail.com wrote:
Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the wikimedia foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one
person
about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at the wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how to
make
this happen.
Hi Jim,
New projects are usually proposed on meta. If you havent already, take a look at the current proposals as someone else might already have proposed a similar project:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects
-- John Vandenberg
That page is fine for looking at previous proposals, but that page is now obselete. New projects should be proposed in the form of a brand new page on meta.
Uh... is this true? Is there a list or category for new projects, then? I thought the old proposals list was still going. If people just randomly start a new project page, how are other people supposed to find it? Why was the old proposals list protected? The argument that "we didn't take any of these in the past, therefore we won't take anything in the future" seems a bit silly. Better to just archive that page to a subpage and start afresh?
phoebe
2008/8/22 phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Al Tally majorly.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
2008/8/22 John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:29 AM, James Taylor taylorjames9@gmail.com wrote:
Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the
wikimedia
foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one
person
about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at
the
wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how
to
make
this happen.
Hi Jim,
New projects are usually proposed on meta. If you havent already, take a look at the current proposals as someone else might already have proposed a similar project:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects
-- John Vandenberg
That page is fine for looking at previous proposals, but that page is now obselete. New projects should be proposed in the form of a brand new page
on
meta.
Uh... is this true? Is there a list or category for new projects, then? I thought the old proposals list was still going. If people just randomly start a new project page, how are other people supposed to find it? Why was the old proposals list protected? The argument that "we didn't take any of these in the past, therefore we won't take anything in the future" seems a bit silly. Better to just archive that page to a subpage and start afresh?
phoebe
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Well the idea was you created the page and then advertised it on this list, Metapub, or wherever. But of course, I'm open to discussion. How about bringing it up on Meta?
Preferably, that you created the idea, advertised it on this or other lists, and added it with appropriate metadata to the new project ideas page!
I've cleaned up the page a bit, archived the oldest ones, and added a reasonably compact template to use for future proposals... some of those are really good ideas we should get around to implementing.
In particular, I'd like to see us consider a geo-centered wiki (which could tie into geodata on other projects, help better organize the commons maps, and improve on the sort of data one can find at wikimapia these days) and a genealogy wiki (which would be a relief to the thousands of people struggling on small, mutually incompatible, and often poorly-licensed sites, and naturally leverage our global extent).
SJ
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Al Tally majorly.wiki@googlemail.comwrote:
2008/8/22 phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Al Tally majorly.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
2008/8/22 John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:29 AM, James Taylor <taylorjames9@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi-
I have an idea for a wiki that I'd like to see developed by the
wikimedia
foundation. I know that this listserv is good for developing ideas, but I don't know who it reaches. I'd rather just talk to one
person
about this project. At this point it has excelled beyond a small, private wiki. I'm hoping for someone - hopefully someone at
the
wikimedia foundation - to contact me so I can share the necessary and relevant documents with them, and learn more about how
to
make
this happen.
Hi Jim,
New projects are usually proposed on meta. If you havent already, take a look at the current proposals as someone else might already have proposed a similar project:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects
-- John Vandenberg
That page is fine for looking at previous proposals, but that page is
now
obselete. New projects should be proposed in the form of a brand new
page
on
meta.
Uh... is this true? Is there a list or category for new projects, then? I thought the old proposals list was still going. If people just randomly start a new project page, how are other people supposed to find it? Why was the old proposals list protected? The argument that "we didn't take any of these in the past, therefore we won't take anything in the future" seems a bit silly. Better to just archive that page to a subpage and start afresh?
phoebe
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Well the idea was you created the page and then advertised it on this list, Metapub, or wherever. But of course, I'm open to discussion. How about bringing it up on Meta?
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