Dear Gregory,
Congratulations on WikiQueer - this is a valuable project, and the very
best wishes for it. I'd like to bring your attention to a discussion
held at the recently concluded WikiConference India:
...which might be of interest to you? I'm copying Sridhar Rangayan into
this message as I am fairly sure he isn't subscribed to foundation-l.
Cheers,
Achal
On Saturday 03 March 2012 01:31 PM, Gregory Varnum wrote:
Fae,
As Keegan mentioned, I'm Lead Admin for WikiQueer and can speak to some of the
below.
The system of transclusion that we're using is built into the MediaWiki software, and
one used by several other projects. This was actually suggested to us by folks within the
Wikimedia community. Essentially it's a way to prevent duplication of efforts and
give appropriate link credit to the original article on Wikipedia. We also took special
care to make sure licensing matched up between the two projects for ease of that usage.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ScaryTransclusion
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/Template:Wikipedia_transclusion
We did not intend to imply a special relationship, and in areas go out of our way to
clarify that we don't have any official affiliation. I've also cleaned up a few
pages to clarify that further, just in case there was any confusion.
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:Wikimedia
We did assist in facilitating some LGBT outreach for Wikimedia, Wikimania and, in smaller
part, the broader wiki community. Here's a participation grant I submitted for that
effort:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Varnent/CreatingChange2012/Report
We're also making a conscious effort to involve Wikimedia movement folks - so
there's a healthy relationship between the projects.
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:Global_Advisory_Board#Current_Members
Finally, we've volunteered dozens of developers hours to give back to the MediaWiki
developer community.
Also looking at ways to continue to partner and support the work of the Wikimedia
movement, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Chapters and MediaWiki communities. Eager to
speak with more third-party wikis supporting WM efforts at Wikimania this summer.
I hope that helps clarify any questions about our intent, interest in supporting WM
efforts and clarification that while we'd love for a partnership in the future -
nothing exists yet.
-greg aka varnent
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Gregory Varnum
Lead Administrator, WikiQueer
Lead, Aequalitas Project
@GregVarnum
fb.com/GregVarnum
On Mar 3, 2012, at 2:37 AM, Fae<faenwp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The recently launched[4] WikiQueer website has a
system for
transcluding Wikipedia content[1] and appears to have a background
negotiated with the Wikimedia Foundation.
Can someone confirm the nature of any special relationship with the
website and the nonprofit that runs it?[3]
1.
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/Wikipedia
2.
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:Milestones
3.
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:The_Aequalitas_Project
4.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/01/gay-online-encyclopaedia-debuts-today/
Cheers,
Fae
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