Our motivation is three-fold (in no particular order) 1. We think this would add a great new dimension to the Wikipedia community 2. We are a start-up and this would help prove out our vision for the need to facilitate on-demand conversations between interested parties in a variety of contexts 3. Assuming our vision has merit, there are revenue opportunities that could emerge from this wholly outside of the Wikipedia ecosystem
On Apr 4, 2014, at 6:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Education mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Education digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. An idea (Jeff Levy) > 2. Re: An idea (Wjhonson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 18:36:05 -0400 > From: Jeff Levy <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimedia Education] An idea > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > We are very interested in bringing real-time discussion to Wikipedia. We'd > like to use our Online Collaboration Platform (acutally a modified, > Open-Source variant) to enable the creation of a community of "Wikistructors" > - experts who are available to speak with (or text with) anyone who is on > Wikipedia and wants to talk. We can also enable people to connect with > others who are on the same page or who have recently been on that page > (assuming all parties wish to be contacted of course). These connections > would enable on-demand live chat, audio and/or video conversation. > > I'm throwing this out there for comments/questions/thoughts. > > Thanks! > > Jeff > > Jeff Levy, CEO & CoFounder > OfficeHours > 404.961.7001 - direct > 404.323.0508 - mobile > [email protected] > www.officehours.co > > Instant Help, Lasting Connections > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/attachments/20140404/44650885/attachment-0001.html> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: OfficeHours logo copy 2.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 5441 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/attachments/20140404/44650885/attachment-0001.jpg> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 18:42:04 -0400 (EDT) > From: Wjhonson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] An idea > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Why would you want to do this? Is there a benefit to you and your company? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Levy <[email protected]> > To: education <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Apr 4, 2014 3:36 pm > Subject: [Wikimedia Education] An idea > > > We are very interested in bringing real-time discussion to Wikipedia. We'd > like to use our Online Collaboration Platform (acutally a modified, > Open-Source variant) to enable the creation of a community of "Wikistructors" > - experts who are available to speak with (or text with) anyone who is on > Wikipedia and wants to talk. We can also enable people to connect with > others who are on the same page or who have recently been on that page > (assuming all parties wish to be contacted of course). These connections > would enable on-demand live chat, audio and/or video conversation. > > > I'm throwing this out there for comments/questions/thoughts. > > > Thanks! > > > Jeff > > > Jeff Levy, CEO & CoFounder > OfficeHours > 404.961.7001 - direct > 404.323.0508 - mobile > [email protected] > www.officehours.co > > > Instant Help, Lasting Connections > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/attachments/20140404/15e71e38/attachment.html> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: OfficeHours logo copy 2.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 5441 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/attachments/20140404/15e71e38/attachment.jpg> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > End of Education Digest, Vol 35, Issue 6 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
