[Foundation-l] Rodovid.org, family tree wiki, wishes to become a wiki project

[Benjamin Webb]

Thankyou for your suggestions. I am currently reworking the proposal page at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rodovid.org/new your comments would be
appreciated.

Benjamin Webb

On 24/03/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
>
> Benjamin Webb wrote:
>
> >I have not yet recived any real reply about this project. I would like to
> >hear from someone whether it could actually become a wikimedia project,
> and
> >what would need to happen before it could. Any comments would be
> apreciated.
> >
> >Benjamin Webb (User:Bjwebb on wikipedia, meta, commons, wikibooks,
> rodovid
> >and wikitree)
> >
> >P.S. It has a meta page at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rodovid.org
> >
> >
> What really needs to happen now is to refine the proposal page and get
> it into a position that spells out in clear langauge what all of the
> objectives of the project are, and perhaps even what some initial
> policies might be.
>
> I would suggest comparing it to the following pages for a similar level
> of completeness before you get much further:
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity/Modified_project_proposal
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews&oldid=87446  (to
> compare to how Wikinews did its proposal back elsewhen)
>
> After this, the proposal pages need to be translated into at least four
> other major Wikimedia languages like Russian, Spanish, French, Chinese,
> etc.  The full list of suggested langauges is at:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_project_policy
>
> Afterward a voting page needs to be set up and some advertisements for
> voting on the project need to be put on Goings-on for Meta and several
> Village Pumps on various projects.  For the Wikiversity vote, I set up a
> series of ads to be translated on
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity/Vote
>
> This really made it easy to go to the various Wikimedia websites and
> drop a note informing people that the vote was taking place.  The idea
> here is that you need to involve as many Wikimedia users in the decision
> making process as possible, and to remember that not everybody speaks
> English.  Indeed the non-English speaking group of Wikimedia users is so
> substantial that it really makes no sense to start a new major project
> without a major effort to get input from these other language groups.
>
> After that, you should have a legitimate answer or some solid input from
> Wikimedia users in general over if the idea is a good one or not.  Due
> to the nature of this project, widespread input is especially
> recommended.  Mind you, all of the above steps are outlined in the
> official New Project Policy, as approved by the Wikimedia Foundation
> board.  The examples I cite are from successful projects that at least
> have the attention of the board and very substantial community support.
>
> If you want some assitance on this, feel free to e-mail me privately or
> hit my user talk page on Wikibooks (the best way to get ahold of me).
> Most members of the special projects committee (of which I'm not a
> part) would also be willing to help you out as well in terms of general
> assistance or to answer questions about this process.
>
> --
> Robert Scott Horning
>
>
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