I don't have technical expertise in this area, but I do think something chat-like has the most chance of success.
Telegram seems to be the most active platform now among non-technical users, especially used during conferences. Perhaps a much better integration with IRC (with a Slack-like interface tied to SUL) might provide a good path forward, though I imagine it would require significant investment. Thanks, Pharos On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:38 AM, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Sylvain! > > (Let me add the disclaimer that opinions are mine and don't represent the > views of the Foundation.) > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 4:33 PM Sylvain Boissel < > sylvain.bois...@wikimedia.fr> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > It may have changed since I last checked (a bit more than a year ago), > but > > while it is easy to create an instance, migrating an account to another > > instance, or moving an entire instance to a new domain is not (I couldn't > > even find documentation on how to accomplish this. So if we start an > > instance that is supposed to become an official one, we need at the very > > least have the final domain name from the start. Depending on the one we > > want, we still might need official support (e.g., anyone can register > > wikimedians.social, but wikimedia.social is restricted to the WMF by a > DPML > > Block.) > > > > This is a good point. Renaming Mastodon instances continues to be a pain -- > see https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/domain-changes-and-aliases/671 > > This is a good reason to bet on a domain for the long run. However, let's > not mix two different concepts: use of Wikimedia trademarks and official > technical support (servers, maintenance). If the promoters of this > initiative decide to propose a domain that use a Wikimedia trademark, they > can request an authorization via > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy. > > > * Legal: Aiming for an official Wikimedia instance has implications of > > > trademarks, legal requirements, and so on. While there is no need to > > start > > > with an official instance, it is useful to consider the scenario early > > on. > > > > > Do you know what these requirements are? Are some issues unsolvable (for > > example, if an official Wikimedia instance implies that no movie-based > gifs > > can be posted (for copyright reasons), then this instance has basically > no > > chance to gain a large user base. While this may not be a problem (a > small > > instance with a small number of accounts posting things like > > #pictureOfTheDay to the whole Fediverse would still be valuable), this > > would change the scope of what we try to accomplish. > > > > Honestly, no idea. I am just applying the basic reasoning that the > requirements and potential risks for content and user data will be more > complex for the Wikimedia Foundation maintaining a service officially than > for a group of individual volunteers doing the same independently as a > hobby. > > If you have a clear idea about what you want to accomplish, I'd recommend > you to take the lightest steps that will lead you there. Iterations, > experiments and changes are expected anyway, being this idea so new and > different in the context of our movement. It is also an idea easy to > implement and maintain (through a service like e.g. https://masto.host or > self-hosted). And economically affordable. > > -- > Quim Gil > Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
