Hi all,
I'm curious what folks here think about making some noise about the two most recent additions to the Wikimedia family around January or February. Wikivoyage is still finishing up the beta phase (image transfers, logo import etc.) this month, and Wikidata isn't live as a repository yet -- but we could set a target date that would work for both projects.
What I'm imagining is an actual banner on Wikimedia projects announcing the launch of both Wikivoyage and Wikidata, pointing to a landing page explaining what these projects are, how to participate, etc. That page could be drafted on Meta. Then interested folks would visit the projects to learn more and get involved.
Wikimedia projects obviously have an enormous reach and I think this could help create awareness and build community -- but it could also be an unwelcome influx in the early stages. This could be regulated by running a banner only for logged in users, or x% of readers.
Thoughts?
Erik
I think that is an excellent idea. It would also build readership. So as long as we have the image issue dealt with I would be happy to see the banner go out to everyone.
James Heilman
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
I'm curious what folks here think about making some noise about the two most recent additions to the Wikimedia family around January or February. Wikivoyage is still finishing up the beta phase (image transfers, logo import etc.) this month, and Wikidata isn't live as a repository yet -- but we could set a target date that would work for both projects.
What I'm imagining is an actual banner on Wikimedia projects announcing the launch of both Wikivoyage and Wikidata, pointing to a landing page explaining what these projects are, how to participate, etc. That page could be drafted on Meta. Then interested folks would visit the projects to learn more and get involved.
Wikimedia projects obviously have an enormous reach and I think this could help create awareness and build community -- but it could also be an unwelcome influx in the early stages. This could be regulated by running a banner only for logged in users, or x% of readers.
Thoughts?
Erik
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James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
I think that is an excellent idea. It would also build readership. So as long as we have the image issue dealt with I would be happy to see the banner go out to everyone.
I'm inclined to think it should be a two-stage process. Let logged in users on any WMF wiki know as soon as possible, so that we get experienced editors quickly. Then later do a general announcement.
What about non-English language versions that are not up here yet? WT has more versions than we do yet, including some important languages like Portuguese with > 1000 articles. Could editors from Portuguese WP help with getting WV up in that language? if so, we should let them know asap.
I agree with Sandy's comments.
I have been worried if we have a huge media blitz the experienced editors we have may be overwhelmed with a massive number of edits that don't meet policy and it might be hard to keep up.
So I agree with Sandy's recommendation of a two stage process, at least for Wikivoyage.
- Xltel - Tom Holland
-----Original Message----- From: wikivoyage-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikivoyage-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sandy Harris Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 5:30 PM To: Wikivoyage Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikivoyage-l] Publicity for Wikidata and Wikivoyage
James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
I think that is an excellent idea. It would also build readership. So as long as we have the image issue dealt with I would be happy to see the banner go out to everyone.
I'm inclined to think it should be a two-stage process. Let logged in users on any WMF wiki know as soon as possible, so that we get experienced editors quickly. Then later do a general announcement.
What about non-English language versions that are not up here yet? WT has more versions than we do yet, including some important languages like Portuguese with > 1000 articles. Could editors from Portuguese WP help with getting WV up in that language? if so, we should let them know asap.
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