Re: [Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 3:48 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > While it depends on the purpose of the grant, for the deliverables > identified in the original post it seems clear that the most natural costs > to pay would be salaries in software engineering, broadly speaking. As

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

On 7 January 2016 at 22:45, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > ... > > I am also struck by the fact that the grant is really a very paltry one, > compared to the resources the Foundation is investing in this. The > MediaWiki page on Discovery[2] lists sixteen people working on this. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

On 1/8/2016 2:01 PM, K. Peachey wrote: On 7 January 2016 at 22:45, Andreas Kolbe wrote: ... I am also struck by the fact that the grant is really a very paltry one, compared to the resources the Foundation is investing in this. The MediaWiki page on Discovery[2] lists

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

The Knight Foundation's September 2015 announcement of the $250,000 grant[1] speaks of "supporting stage one development of the Knowledge Engine by Wikipedia". Could we have an explanation of what the other "stages" of this search engine project will be about? Could we see the grant application?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

That's an excellent news. :) On 6 January 2016 at 19:16, Wes Moran wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’m happy to announce that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has > awarded an exploratory grant of $250,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation’s > Discovery department [1], in

[Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

Hello everyone, I’m happy to announce that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded an exploratory grant of $250,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation’s Discovery department [1], in order to conduct research and prototyping to improve how people discover and engage with information on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

There is a piece by Wes on the website of the Knight Foundation[1] and an additional FAQ on Discovery's "Knowledge Engine" development on MediaWiki.[2] The Knight Foundation funds many things, and is a past donor to the Wikimedia Foundation--but I'm aware that the Knight Foundation is also

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Knight Foundation grant for search and discovery

I wrote grants and grant reports on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation from 2009-2011. I was impressed at the time with the emphasis on transparency and other factors around grants, especially restricted grants. I'm beginning to doubt those values have survived, since their main champions at the