"What would we be bringing to the table?"
Expertise. Understanding. A committed community and a committed charity. Experience. Support. An international reach. A proven need. A clear benefit. A project that is scalable and sustainable.
All of those things are there, if we get the approach and parameters established properly.
On 25 March 2013 22:02, rexx rexx@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Medicine/Projects#Translation_Task_Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_Task...
Wiki Project Med already has made steps in this direction in the area of Medicine. Perhaps we could help bring together similar initiatives and give them a framework to develop within.
-- Doug
On 25 March 2013 21:58, Stevie Benton stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
The money could bring in the skills and experience I think. If a project is worth doing, it's worth doing properly (with community involvement as the key, obviously). I think Rexx's idea is a very good one - and we already know Google loves Wikipedia.
Stevie
On 25 March 2013 21:47, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 25 March 2013 21:43, rexx rexx@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
The most impact that we could realise on a global scale would be to
make the
knowledge in the English Wikipedia available to people who don't speak English. £500,000 and Google technical support would go a long way to realising some of that goal.
As the largest established chapter in the English-speaking world, the
onus
should probably fall on us to coordinate an effort of that sort.
Thoughts?
I don't think we have anything like the skills or experience to make good use of the money on that kind of project.
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