Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: Dear folks at Wikimedia, Thank you for existing! You are responsible for the encyclopedia I use every time I need an encyclopedia! So, you publish an encyclopedia (Wikipedia), a dictionary (Wiktionary), an archive of news articles (Wikinews), online classes (Wikiversity), online textbooks (Wikibooks), online non-educational books (Wikisource), lists of quotes by people or shows or whatever (Wikiquote), an encyclopedia of living things (Wiki Species), a meta-wiki that no one knows the reason for (Meta), a place where all files on the wikis are placed (The Commons), and a site I don't know why the deuce it exists (The Wikimedia incubator). I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki almanac. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinac was submitted 2005 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
Dear folks at Wikimedia, Thank you for existing! You are responsible for the encyclopedia I use every time I need an encyclopedia! So, you publish an encyclopedia (Wikipedia), a dictionary (Wiktionary), an archive of news articles (Wikinews), online classes (Wikiversity), online textbooks (Wikibooks), online non-educational books (Wikisource), lists of quotes by people or shows or whatever (Wikiquote), an encyclopedia of living things (Wiki Species), a meta-wiki that no one knows the reason for (Meta), a place where all files on the wikis are placed (The Commons), and a site I don't know why the deuce it exists (The Wikimedia incubator). I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki almanac. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki almanac. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
WP contains many of the essential elements of an almanac already, and could very easily cover all the rest-- it doesn't take a new project, just a relaxation of some of the self-imposed strictures. Relaxing, without eliminating , NOT NEWS , NOT DIRECTORY, and NOT INDISCRIMINATE . there's only one point that would need actual removal: NOT INDISCRIMINATE point 3, Excessive listing of statistics. The basic change could be accomplished by doing just that one deletion--there is not need for another project, or even another space for data. David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki almanac. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ 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
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki almanac. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects :-) Our friends at the allied project OpenStreetMap (The Free Wiki World Map) have gone a long way in this direction, and you probably want to check their project out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org/ Here's a great recent feature from the BBC about 'The volunteer mappers who helped Haiti': http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8517057.stm Thanks, Pharos -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ 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
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com wrote: I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki Our friends at the allied project OpenStreetMap (The Free Wiki World Map) have gone a long way in this direction, and you probably want to check their project out. You've baffled me there. What's the overlap between a map and an almanac? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com wrote: I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki Our friends at the allied project OpenStreetMap (The Free Wiki World Map) have gone a long way in this direction, and you probably want to check their project out. You've baffled me there. What's the overlap between a map and an almanac? If one has just gotten up after oversleeping on a snowed-in Saturday morning, the distinction between atlas and almanac tends to get blurred :) Still, OpenStreetMap is a fantastic project, I wonder if they would like to join the Wikimedia family one day. Thanks, Pharos ___ 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
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
I wonder which would be harder, trying to start the first new project in years, or trying to get the English Wikipedia to make a significant policy change? -- Alex (wikipedia:en:User:Mr.Z-man) On 2/27/2010 12:40 PM, David Goodman wrote: WP contains many of the essential elements of an almanac already, and could very easily cover all the rest-- it doesn't take a new project, just a relaxation of some of the self-imposed strictures. Relaxing, without eliminating , NOT NEWS , NOT DIRECTORY, and NOT INDISCRIMINATE . there's only one point that would need actual removal: NOT INDISCRIMINATE point 3, Excessive listing of statistics. The basic change could be accomplished by doing just that one deletion--there is not need for another project, or even another space for data. David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki almanac. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects :-) -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ 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 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
Hoi, The OSM localisation at translatewiki.net started today .. When the NGO's go home there will be a living project when the people can use it themselves :) Thanks, GerardM PS what is the status of the integration of OSM and Wikimedia On 27 February 2010 18:42, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Tyler programmer...@comcast.net wrote: I was just wondering, how would you like to start an almanac, guys? That would be neat, a wiki almanac. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects :-) Our friends at the allied project OpenStreetMap (The Free Wiki World Map) have gone a long way in this direction, and you probably want to check their project out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org/ Here's a great recent feature from the BBC about 'The volunteer mappers who helped Haiti': http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8517057.stm Thanks, Pharos -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 ___ 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 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] I'm here to request a new Wikimedia project
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 9:40 AM, David Goodman dgoodma...@gmail.com wrote: WP contains many of the essential elements of an almanac already, and could very easily cover all the rest-- it doesn't take a new project, just a For Pharos, there is also the Atlas project on Commons already -- one of my favorite projects that not many people seem to know about. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas For an almanac, I wonder if we could carve out space within Wikipedia in the same way -- the almanac portal? A lot of the relevant data is already present. For new projects in general... heh, we should start a pool for which is more likely, policy changes or new projects. Inertia Sweepstakes! -- phoebe, who is not snowed in but also overslept :) ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
