[Foundation-l] Do we have a complete set of WMF projects?

[John Vandenberg]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Brian<Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
>
> I propose expanding the notion of the Wikimedia Incubator to include
> entirely new projects that are very, very easy to create. They don't need to
> be approved by the WMF - they just need to demonstrate their value by
> attracting a community and creating great content. This would be more like
> the Apache Incubator, but even more open. This gives people an easy way to
> prototype their ideas for new projects, to advertise them, and over time
> will give an overview of what kinds of projects and approaches to projects
> are likely to succeed and likely to fail.

Brilliant idea.

Currently new projects proposed on meta have buckley's chance of ever
starting.  Wikiversity wasn't a new project - it was split from
wikibooks.

We would need a bit of infrastructure around new concepts before they
land on the incubator, such as a detailed description of the purpose,
and an experienced admin willing to monitor that area of the
incubator.

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John Vandenberg