[Foundation-l] wikicouncil

[James Hare]

This could also be used to raise awareness and understanding of other
projects, their needs, and how they run things so that other projects can
develop their own processes based on the successful ones of an existing
wiki. Unification under the Wikimedia medallion.

On 11/19/06, Titoxd at Wikimedia <titoxd.wikimedia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This could probably be an advisory committee to the Board, someone through
> which the Board could run ideas and ask questions that would affect
> Wikimedia as a whole. Also, it would be similar to UninvitedCompany's idea
> of "Wikipedia ambassadors", or users who are responsible for spreading
> Wikimedia-wide messages to their local wikis.
>
> Titoxd.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 2:39 PM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] wikicouncil
>
> On 19/11/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> > David Gerard wrote:
> > >On 19/11/06, Erik Zachte <erikzachte at infodisiac.com> wrote:
>
> > >>This is about the Wikicouncil, as discussed on
> > >>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicouncil
>
> > >Sounds like a useful tool to deal with people who need to be kept busy
> > >and well away from anything important.
>
> > Do I detect yet another note of pessimism?
>
>
> No, I'm just not entirely sure what it's for, or what scaling problems
> it helps solve ... it seems like something to make people feel more
> involved, which is good; but its useful function isn't elegantly
> obvious.
>
>
> - d.
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