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

[Pharos]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Michael Snow <wikipedia at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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

This is a brilliant and much-needed idea, on many many levels.

I suggest that we start to work developing such a new system for the
Incubator at the strategy wiki.

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

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