I like the idea of experimenting with new knowledgespaces, with new workflows to support them. With enough investment in design, I think this could be done on a large scale right in the project namespace of English Wikipedia.
Thanks, Pharos On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Sarah (SV) <slimvir...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Jason. I enjoyed reading this, though the conclusions remind me >> of _Seeing Like a State_. Not all edits, editors, and subcommunities are >> equal. Trying to shift about contributors en masse in a way that is >> convenient for large organizations (or for those of us who like crunching >> large datasets :) can be a total failure in practice. >> >> Let's set up a new space where we can experiment with fast influxes of >> newbies. The current large projects are not suited for this. >> >> I believe good design is a key issue for editor attraction and > retention, so that we can produce professional-looking articles we can be > proud of and want to write. I would also love to see the Foundation > redesign the front page. It's hard for the community to take the lead when > it comes to design, and it seems to fall off the radar when people discuss > editor retention and gender gap. > > Sarah > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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