SJ, thanks for sharing the nostalgia.wikipedia.org link. I've been a Wikimedian for four years, and not once stumbled across that. You learn something new every day...
As for the "educational products" phrase, my feeling is yes, the community on-wiki doesn't tend to think of the projects *literally* as products. But, from my experience, the use of the phrase is simply part of a larger trend of referring to websites and families of sites as a product. As in, the point of a primarily Web-based institution being to deliver the site/sites as a product to visitors. That spirit has already been something that marks Wikimedia projects as different from most wikis I think, whether or not we literally refer to them that way. [[User:Steven:Walling]] On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome, Jennifer. The current foundation-l traffic isn't quite as > vibrant an intro to the community today as it was in 2005 or so. I > hope you will share your thoughts, even unformed! > > For a historical taste, don't forget to visit the nostalgia wiki: > http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org > ...and even http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiPedia > > Trends across the life of the projects are important; a lot of us > spend time reflecting on what was best, whether changes since then > have been good or bad for coherence, growth, quality, and fun. I > wonder in particular why we haven't developed new projects lately - > there are many out there that fit naturally into the original > wikiethos, and the newer foundation mission. > > SJ > > ps - It is disconcerting to hear Wikipedia and sibs referred to as > 'educational products' and materials. I mean, do we have products? I > don't think the projects see themselves as such; though there are > occasional products that emerge (such as 3D wiki globes... TC/Theo: > can we get another run of those?!) > > pps - A general note - it would be nice to see links to people's user > accounts when they are introduced, whether they are advisors, staff, > friends of the wiki, or Editors of Unusual Size... > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Jennifer Riggs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This being Volunteer Appreciation week in the US, I thought it was a > > great chance for me to post to this list and post a Wikimedia blog > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/20/volunteer-appreciation/. I want to > > thank everyone for being so welcoming. I am very excited about this > > organization and this job working to support such an amazing group of > > volunteers! > > > > I've been reading along on some important community issues discussed > > here and am learning so much. I look forward also to hearing > > perspectives on the list about issues around diversifying and further > > globalizing Wikimedia's free educational products and material. I am > > very volunteer-centric when it comes to my big thinking about direction, > > activities and products. So, I will be relying on you to help frame the > > Foundation's volunteer support in a way that will be most beneficial in > > your efforts to achieve our community's goals. > > > > I look forward to meeting you as individuals as I go. > > Jennifer Riggs - CPO Wikimedia Foundation > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
