Hi all. TL;DR: We've researched and compiled some guidance around
creating Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and formed a Wiki Replicas
SIG. These are adaptable best-practices for creating a very small
task-focused group. Emphasis on adaptable for individual use-cases.
Details: Following some discussions at events, on talkpages, and in
phabricator,[1]
we have compiled the ideas, researched external groups, discussed how
to best adapt them for our own diverse use-cases, and placed all the
material on mediawikiwiki,
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special_Interest_Groups
with notes and ongoing feedback discussions on the talkpage
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Special_Interest_Groups
The first live example is the Wiki Replicas Special Interest Group.
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Replicas_Special_Interest_Group
and there is a list of possible SIGs on the talkpage
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Txnngx847m0366kq
There are no obligations to use this structure, nor implicit authority
associated with them. It's just a set of best-practices for those who
appreciate such things.
Cheers,
Quiddity, on behalf of the many people who've nudged it along.
[1]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T164551
--
Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation