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

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I am glad that this is seen as obvious. The language committee has never
involved itself in assessing new project proposals. It does not have the
inclination to do so and I am glad that this is understood.
Thanks,
      GerardM

2009/9/9 Michael Snow <wikipedia at verizon.net>

> 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
>
>
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