Re: [Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-22 Thread Brian Wolff
> > > Couple quick clarifications: > 1. There have been many IEGs that focus on tool development, including > those from the most recent round > . There's no > "tradition" of denying software projects: they're quite well represented > among c

Re: [Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-22 Thread Jonathan Morgan
Responses to BAWolf inline. On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Brian Wolff wrote: > On 2/21/15, Pine W wrote: > > In general WMF has a conservative grant policy (with the exception of > IEG, > > grant funding seems to be getting more conservative every year, and some > > mission-aligned projects

Re: [Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-21 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
Brian Wolff writes: > Politically, I think its dangerous how WMF seems to more and more > become the only stakeholder in MediaWiki development. We do have the MediaWiki Stakeholders group. The people involved there would argue that they have funded MediaWiki-focused development. The WMF is the

Re: [Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-21 Thread Brian Wolff
On 2/21/15, Pine W wrote: > In general WMF has a conservative grant policy (with the exception of IEG, > grant funding seems to be getting more conservative every year, and some > mission-aligned projects can't get funding because they don't fit into the > current molds of the grants programs). Sp

Re: [Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-20 Thread Pine W
In general WMF has a conservative grant policy (with the exception of IEG, grant funding seems to be getting more conservative every year, and some mission-aligned projects can't get funding because they don't fit into the current molds of the grants programs). Spontaneous cash awards for previous

Re: [Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-20 Thread dan entous
i’m thinking of projects that have already proven useful on the labs tool server or elsewhere that help move the wiki community forward. i may be wrong, but it seems that many developers volunteer their time and create some amazing projects for the wiki domain without being paid. they may not have

Re: [Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-20 Thread Pine W
That depends on what kind of project you have in mind, and I'm not sure what you mean by post-project funding. If you are thinking about continuing or expanding an existing program that has proven useful then there may be funding available. Try https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start to get so

[Wikitech-l] post project funding

2015-02-20 Thread dan entous
does anyone know if there is a method for applying for post project funding within the wikiverse or if there is a committee that awards a project after it has proven itself useful? with kind regards, dan ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wiki