Hoi, I am glad that this is seen as obvious. The language committee has never involved itself in assessing new project proposals. It does not have the inclination to do so and I am glad that this is understood. Thanks, GerardM
2009/9/9 Michael Snow <wikipe...@verizon.net> > John Vandenberg wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Brian<brian.min...@colorado.edu> wrote: > > > >> I propose expanding the notion of the Wikimedia Incubator to include > >> entirely new projects that are very, very easy to create. They don't > need to > >> be approved by the WMF - they just need to demonstrate their value by > >> attracting a community and creating great content. This would be more > like > >> the Apache Incubator, but even more open. This gives people an easy way > to > >> prototype their ideas for new projects, to advertise them, and over time > >> will give an overview of what kinds of projects and approaches to > projects > >> are likely to succeed and likely to fail. > >> > > Brilliant idea. > > > > Currently new projects proposed on meta have buckley's chance of ever > > starting. Wikiversity wasn't a new project - it was split from > > wikibooks. > > > > We would need a bit of infrastructure around new concepts before they > > land on the incubator, such as a detailed description of the purpose, > > and an experienced admin willing to monitor that area of the > > incubator. > > > This sounds like a good idea to me. One difference is immediately > obvious from the way the incubator works presently, though. Rather than > having these projects move out of the incubator based on the decision of > the language committee, that issue would have to be considered by the > board directly in consultation with the broader community. > > --Michael Snow > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l