Soon it will be again [[w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia day|]] on January 15.
This year it is the 5th anniversary of Wikipedia. Should we not do something?
If so, then it is high time to make the preparations.
I have some ideas what could be done ...
On January 15th, Wikipedia Day, only for one day, Wikipedia goes ..
- Retro! Change the default skin of the largest Wikipedias to "Nostalgia". (most of the now existing Wikipedias did not exist in 2001 and have not even ever have used the usemod wiki.)
- Change to logo of those wikis back to the old Wikipedia logo. (Pre-Nohat)
- Change the style of the main pages back to one of more earlyer incarnations. Basic style.
- On the main pages the main story is for once Wikipedia. The Wikipedias write a article, does not even have to be NPOV (Wikipedia namespace?) about the early history of there Wikipedia, about the very first users, anecdotes about how some policy's or things not seem normal come to be. The first attention of the media for Wikipedia. And this until today.
Jimbo could write also something about how he looks at the last five years back now and how he thinks about the future of Wikipedia.
It would also be a great opportunity for all the current Wikipedians who where not here from the start to get the feeling a bit how it was only 5 years ago.
This Wikipedia day would be in the first place be for the Wikipedians them self.
Any for supporters for this idea?
Greetings, Walter
Walter Vermeir wrote:
Soon it will be again [[w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia day|]] on January 15.
This year it is the 5th anniversary of Wikipedia. Should we not do something?
If so, then it is high time to make the preparations.
I have some ideas what could be done ...
On January 15th, Wikipedia Day, only for one day, Wikipedia goes ..
- Retro! Change the default skin of the largest Wikipedias to
"Nostalgia". (most of the now existing Wikipedias did not exist in 2001 and have not even ever have used the usemod wiki.)
Change to logo of those wikis back to the old Wikipedia logo. (Pre-Nohat)
Change the style of the main pages back to one of more earlyer
incarnations. Basic style.
- On the main pages the main story is for once Wikipedia. The Wikipedias
write a article, does not even have to be NPOV (Wikipedia namespace?) about the early history of there Wikipedia, about the very first users, anecdotes about how some policy's or things not seem normal come to be. The first attention of the media for Wikipedia. And this until today.
Jimbo could write also something about how he looks at the last five years back now and how he thinks about the future of Wikipedia.
It would also be a great opportunity for all the current Wikipedians who where not here from the start to get the feeling a bit how it was only 5 years ago.
This Wikipedia day would be in the first place be for the Wikipedians them self.
Any for supporters for this idea?
Greetings, Walter
Switch back to software phase I during the full day ... would be my favorite. or have a version of these times set up and fully working just to see how it was :-)
ant
I love these ideas. Jimbo?
On 1/3/06, Anthere Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Walter Vermeir wrote:
Soon it will be again [[w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia day|]] on January 15.
This year it is the 5th anniversary of Wikipedia. Should we not do something?
If so, then it is high time to make the preparations.
I have some ideas what could be done ...
On January 15th, Wikipedia Day, only for one day, Wikipedia goes ..
- Retro! Change the default skin of the largest Wikipedias to
"Nostalgia". (most of the now existing Wikipedias did not exist in 2001 and have not even ever have used the usemod wiki.)
- Change to logo of those wikis back to the old Wikipedia logo.
(Pre-Nohat)
- Change the style of the main pages back to one of more earlyer
incarnations. Basic style.
- On the main pages the main story is for once Wikipedia. The Wikipedias
write a article, does not even have to be NPOV (Wikipedia namespace?) about the early history of there Wikipedia, about the very first users, anecdotes about how some policy's or things not seem normal come to be. The first attention of the media for Wikipedia. And this until
today.
Jimbo could write also something about how he looks at the last five years back now and how he thinks about the future of Wikipedia.
It would also be a great opportunity for all the current Wikipedians who where not here from the start to get the feeling a bit how it was only 5 years ago.
This Wikipedia day would be in the first place be for the Wikipedians them self.
Any for supporters for this idea?
Greetings, Walter
Switch back to software phase I during the full day ... would be my favorite. or have a version of these times set up and fully working just to see how it was :-)
ant
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On 1/3/06, Anthere Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Switch back to software phase I during the full day ... would be my favorite. or have a version of these times set up and fully working just to see how it was :-)
ant
I like this idea. From only joined last year, I (and I assume other more recent editors) would like to see how wikipedia looked like in the beginning. Maybe also provide links to some articles how they were at that time. Like the George Bush article without having to browse through countless edits.
Garion
On 1/4/06, Garion1000 garion1000@gmail.com wrote:
On 1/3/06, Anthere Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Switch back to software phase I during the full day ... would be my favorite. or have a version of these times set up and fully working just to see how it was :-)
ant
I like this idea. From only joined last year, I (and I assume other more recent editors) would like to see how wikipedia looked like in the beginning.
Try going to http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.wikipedia.com and looking at some 2001 and 2002 pages.
Alfio
Switch back to software phase I during the full day ... would be my favorite. or have a version of these times set up and fully working just to see how it was :-)
We're very likely to be heavily linked on that day from Slashdot and potentially other news services. That means we need the Main Page to be as newbie-friendly as possible. I think that "look at the pathetic old configuration" would be a major mistake. Having Wikipedia as the Featured article might be a good way to draw people in.
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