Dear Gregory,
Congratulations on WikiQueer - this is a valuable project, and the very
best wishes for it. I'd like to bring your attention to a discussion
held at the recently concluded WikiConference India:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Submissions/Documenting_Indian_LGBT_space
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_wikiconference-day2-talks-on-getting-marginalised-communites-to-join-in_1614936
...which might be of interest to you? I'm copying Sridhar Rangayan into
this message as I am fairly sure he isn't subscribed to foundation-l.
Cheers,
Achal
On Saturday 03 March 2012 01:31 PM, Gregory Varnum wrote:
Fae,
As Keegan mentioned, I'm Lead Admin for WikiQueer and can speak to some of the
below.
The system of transclusion that we're using is built into the MediaWiki
software, and one used by several other projects. This was actually suggested
to us by folks within the Wikimedia community. Essentially it's a way to
prevent duplication of efforts and give appropriate link credit to the original
article on Wikipedia. We also took special care to make sure licensing matched
up between the two projects for ease of that usage.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ScaryTransclusion
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/Template:Wikipedia_transclusion
We did not intend to imply a special relationship, and in areas go out of our
way to clarify that we don't have any official affiliation. I've also cleaned
up a few pages to clarify that further, just in case there was any confusion.
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:Wikimedia
We did assist in facilitating some LGBT outreach for Wikimedia, Wikimania and,
in smaller part, the broader wiki community. Here's a participation grant I
submitted for that effort:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Varnent/CreatingChange2012/Report
We're also making a conscious effort to involve Wikimedia movement folks - so
there's a healthy relationship between the projects.
http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:Global_Advisory_Board#Current_Members
Finally, we've volunteered dozens of developers hours to give back to the
MediaWiki developer community.
Also looking at ways to continue to partner and support the work of the
Wikimedia movement, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Chapters and MediaWiki
communities. Eager to speak with more third-party wikis supporting WM efforts
at Wikimania this summer.
I hope that helps clarify any questions about our intent, interest in
supporting WM efforts and clarification that while we'd love for a partnership
in the future - nothing exists yet.
-greg aka varnent
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Gregory Varnum
Lead Administrator, WikiQueer
Lead, Aequalitas Project
@GregVarnum
fb.com/GregVarnum
On Mar 3, 2012, at 2:37 AM, Fae<[email protected]> wrote:
The recently launched[4] WikiQueer website has a system for
transcluding Wikipedia content[1] and appears to have a background
negotiated with the Wikimedia Foundation.
Can someone confirm the nature of any special relationship with the
website and the nonprofit that runs it?[3]
1. http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/Wikipedia
2. http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:Milestones
3. http://www.wikiqueer.org/w/WikiQueer:The_Aequalitas_Project
4. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/01/gay-online-encyclopaedia-debuts-today/
Cheers,
Fae
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