[Foundation-l] A Wikimedia sidebar box for wikipedia.org

[Erik Moeller]

On 9/26/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:

> I've been involved with modifying the sidebar for en.wikibooks and
> en.wikiversity, so I do have a little experience with both doing the
> actual changes as well as trying to deal with gaining a concensus from a
> larger community over what sorts of things ought to go into
> modifications of this nature.

I think the best way forward, as per the discussion, is to first
launch a larger effort to improve the WMF site. We can then add a
sidebar to e.g. en.wp and see what the effects are; if we consider it
useful, we can add it to all wikis by Board resolution or Executive
decree, or leave it up to the communities to implement it.

Re: the WMF site, probably the easiest is to identify a set of pages
that we'd want in such a sidebar, then have an open editing &
translation period on Meta for these pages + copy the result pages to
WMF wiki. Thinking about the best way to do this, will follow up.

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Peace & Love,
Erik

Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

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