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

[Michael Snow]

John Vandenberg wrote:
> 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.
>   
This sounds like a good idea to me. One difference is immediately 
obvious from the way the incubator works presently, though. Rather than 
having these projects move out of the incubator based on the decision of 
the language committee, that issue would have to be considered by the 
board directly in consultation with the broader community.

--Michael Snow