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

[Robert Rohde]

If we are just throwing out random ideas...

I've long wanted to see an open source project to create a world
family tree, i.e. document the ancestry and connections between
everyone ever.  There are a couple high profile closed source / fee
based projects aiming to do this, but no successful projects that
really have open access as part of their foundation.  Even if we
limited such a project to just deceased individuals (as the big
projects usually do) it would still be a massive undertaking and
potentially very useful for researchers.

However, while a wiki could work, it would be a suboptimal approach.
Much like wikispecies, genealogical information has a heavy component
of structured data that could benefit from dedicated tools designed
for that data.  As has been suggested elsewhere, it seems that most of
the things that can be easily done by a wiki are already being done
either by us or by Wikia and similar third parties.

-Robert Rohde

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, oscar <oscar at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 9/9/09, Michael Peel <email at mikepeel.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 2 Sep 2009, at 12:35, David Goodman wrote:
>>
>>> There is sufficient missing material in  every Wikipedia, sufficient
>>> lack of coverage of areas outside the primary language zone and in
>>> earlier periods, sufficient unsourced material; sufficient need for
>>> updating  articles, sufficient potentially free media to add,
>>> sufficient needed imagery to get;  that we have more than enough work
>>> for all the volunteers we are likely to get.
>>
>> I apologise for taking this slightly out of context, but it touches
>> upon something I've been wondering about recently, which is: do we
>> have a complete set of WMF projects?
>
> great topic :-D
>
> in my personal vision, it is rather obvious we should consider the
> work of the wmf as "perpetually unfinished" just as wikipedia or any
> of its other projects: an ongoing process, never ever {{done}}
> completely.
>
> to just do a little brainstorm, let me share some ideas as well:
> * a compendium to wikipedia, collecting each and every complete older
> encyclopedia (which is no longer copyrighted), thus also giving a peek
> into the history of knowledge and of encyclopedias (does this really
> belong in wikisource? maybe)
> * a wikimusic including a musical dictionary, where one can e.g. look
> up themes and melodies, find sheet music and recordings, searching by
> notes etc
> * i also thought of wikimaps, somebody mentioned this already, imnsho
> including "all  maps" in detailed resolutions also historical maps,
> thus also giving a peek into the history of geography and of
> cartography as well as leaving room for original creations under a
> free license (new maps)
>
> just my 2 cts ;-)
>
> all the best,
> oscar
>
> --
> *edito ergo sum*
>
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