2010/5/13 Jan Luca <jan@jans-seite.de>

We select our roots internally because we rent the server. All project should have room on the server. Normally the projects don’t need admin access to the server so the users of the project don’t need to have tech-knowledge (e.g. the MediaWiki project user need only some knowledge about MediaWiki). The description should be in English so everybody can read, every other language is nice for their native speakers but not necessary.

Thanks for this -- and as a sys-admin by trade, I agree with the general ideas here.

The potential of this server is that we can develop and test new methods for Wikiversity and Wikimedia. Every user can get some space for hosting files. We can install other education software like Moodle. We can set up an environment for direct teaching and learning. At first we should start with a small server and if there is enough acceptance we can move to a bigger one.

Nod. This was the genesis of the original sandbox server proposal -- and we did quite a bit with it in the beginning. I begged/borrowed/stole space, to demonstrate some of the possibilities.

But at moment we haven’t found anyone who rents the server. If there are volunteers that would be nice.

There was a previous e-mail about this -- I replied I would be willing, depending on what it entailed. Does the "renter" have to be just the "root of roots", or is there lots of paperwork and other stuff to consider? I just want to know how deep the pond/lake/ocean is before I jump in. :)

Thanks,

Gerald