ps. I think one of the key aspects to the proposals process that I bungled on is that an idea should have the support of at least 2 members before being formally raised on the wiki.... could I ask if any member out there is minded to support the notion? Hope so!
cheers, Peter, PM. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:05 PM, private musings <[email protected]> wrote: > oops, > > my apologies for not having followed the process.... I'll do my best > to read up on how to follow it properly, and then give it another go. > > The page basically just suggested that WMAU should allow registration, > and therefore editing, by anyone so minded - part of my rationale is > that we have a bit of a problem with engagement and participation - > hence asking for folk currently disengaged, and non-participative to > pipe up mightn't be the only way forward ;-) > > The bottom line is essentially one of principle, and our current > (apparent) position does continue to surprise (and yeah - amuse a wee > bit) - meanwhile, as I said, I'll redo my homework on how to do a > proposal and avoid page deletion..... > > cheers, > > Peter, > PM. > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:43 PM, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry folks. That page has been deleted. >> >> Wikimedia Australia has been working on a process for proposals, and >> this proposal did not follow the process. >> >> The committee has talked a lot about allowing non-members to edit the >> wiki, and I would love a good proposal, but the one that >> privatemusings put up was an empty proposal. >> >> Non members can explain here why they want to be able to edit our >> wiki; we are listening. >> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:35 PM, private musings <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've written a proposal on the official wiki to allow registration, >>> and hence editing, by non-members. It's here; >>> >>> http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:Open_WMAU_Wiki_editing >>> >>> I (obviously!) support such a move, and feel it would bring >>> considerable benefits to us as an organisation. There are various >>> models out there (some approaching 10 years old) which demonstrate the >>> success in principle of an open editing model, and I hope you might >>> agree that we should give it a go :-) >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Peter, >>> PM. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
