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

[Erik Moeller]

On 9/28/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
> One of the problems that I see with this site is the near absence of
> anybody willing to keep up the content, even though I'm sure there would
> be some willing and able participants who are knowledable and trusted
> enough to be able to take on the task.

The WMF site doesn't work, period. That is something that seems to be
generally acknowledged. The proposals for fixing it are varied, and at
some point, we need to have a strategic discussion or meeting, define
actions, and take them. Personally, I think the functionality
regarding "stable versions" could factor rather heavily here. It's
fine if anyone can "edit" content if only a small number of trusted
people can decide what is the public-facing version of any page.

With that functionality, one question is if we need a separate wiki in
the first place, or if we could just reorganize Meta. With single
login ;-) and other over-arching integration projects, that question
itself may lose some of its significance, so it might be OK to keep it
the way it is.

I think rather than wait for functionality, it might be a good idea to
take an initiative on Meta to improve some public-facing key pages,
and import them to WMF wiki, so that we can build the kind of sidebar
I describe. I need to, for myself, take a good look at the content
that is there before I do so, but that shouldn't stop anyone else.

-- 
Peace & Love,
Erik

Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

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