On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Jodi Schneider > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> While looking through strategy wiki I noticed this proposal: >> >> http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Building_a_database_of_all_books_ever_published >> <http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Building_a_database_of_all_books_ever_published> >> >> Perhaps it's worth putting up a proposal at strategy wiki, or modifying >> this one? See >> http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_proposals >> >> Also related: 6 proposals I've categorized as related to citations: >> http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Proposals_related_to_citations >> >> -Jodi >> >> > I believe the strategy project was an experiment that is no more. The new > way to move forward is the same as the old, on the meta wiki. On the other > hand, while meta is a place that many people have put project proposals over > the years none of those has ever been taken seriously. My plan at least is > still to consider the ins and outs of the proposal and then create a > professional looking document that the WMF can consider. Most of my somewhat > limited experience with what goes in and out of the WMF involves white > papers, so they may actually be more receptive to that in the end. > > Also - hopefully we can discuss more of this project than just the citation > keys. It sure is an important point, but it's hardly the most important ;-) > That's my idea of something that will evolve out of the project once it gets > started. I haven't really seen many people take an interest in some of the > aspects of the proposal that are likely to be most important. These are > related to the scope of the general vision, how the project will integrate > with the other WMF projects, how the project will mature on its own, and > more detailed work on exactly what kind of a technical infrastructure we > think we are going to need. Basically, I'm thinking that it needs to be a > full on grant proposal, because ultimately the WMF will want to seek funds > for it and the kinds of questions that go into a grant proposal are the ones > they are going to be asking. Also - a lot more work needs to be done in > order to pick a candidate list of names from which the final name is likely > to emerge. > > As far as a proposal on the strategy wiki goes, I think it's at least a > good place to take notes, if not to write an actual proposal. And maybe it > doesn't matter where we write the proposal, as long as it's really good. To > that end we can consider Sam's recent contribution of > [[m:WikiBibliography]], which is along the correct lines. > > Brian > > Correction to my last paragraph: As far as a proposal on the meta wiki goes, ...
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