On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Michael Snow <wikipe...@verizon.net> wrote: > John Vandenberg wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Brian<brian.min...@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) > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l