I am developing *IntellGov*, an experimental MediaWiki-based platform for researching whether *collaborative intelligence can become a practical governance mechanism**.*
The technical concept is to transform a wiki from a repository of information into a *virtual think tank*: participants independently identify problems, formulate competing solutions, select and develop expertise organically, evaluate proposals, and converge on increasingly robust solutions. The underlying model is inspired by principles observable in the evolution of the human brain, including *bipolarity, functional differentiation, algorithmisation, expert self-selection, and decentralisation**. *Rather than reproducing a conventional hierarchical institution digitally, the aim is to create a distributed problem-solving system in which different intellectual centres operate independently and their interaction generates better solutions. This raises an interesting MediaWiki engineering question: *Can MediaWiki be extended beyond its conventional role as a collaborative knowledge repository and reengineered into an infrastructure for distributed collective problem-solving and decision support? Specifically, is it feasible to introduce a pair of structured templates that implement decision‑making and problem‑solving algorithms, enabling MediaWiki will evolve from a standard, content-focused platform into an intelligent Wiki (IntellWiki)?* I am looking for *MediaWiki developers, architects, and experienced contributors interested in exploring this as an open-source development partnership*—including extensions, workflows, algorithms, reputation/expertise mechanisms, structured deliberation, and other technical components that could support the model. Project and partnership proposal: https://intellgov.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
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