Ideas for the wiki project being developed at #ozsicamp - http://www.petercook.com.au/yhsw/
After the camp - a few key issues
Where to from here:
- Ongoing site admin
- List stakeholders
- If the name changes, be
Platform & extensions:
= Notes made during conference =
Highlighted issues
Discuss:
- Wordpress?
- Critical mass - at least 5 ppl that actively contribute (most days)
- Privacy?
Platform
MediaWiki with... ideas from Appropedia (Special:Version) and elsewhere
Spam protection - Appropedia:Anti-spam and anti-vandalism measures:
- BadBehaviour
- Username Blacklist
- ConfirmEdit (but don't set up yet)
Presenting data
- Semantic & parser - see http://web.archive.org/web/20110803061633/http://www.peacecorpswiki.org:80/Special:Version
- Extension:Google Maps (show location, maybe more cool stuff?)
Usability & engagement
- FCKEditor (Official)
- category adding tools, a la Wikipedia
- mw:Extension:SocialProfile E.g. see Gardenology.org's experience (Chris knows Raffi from Gardenology...
Forum?
- For easier contributions, and a place to share (and to tag stories, in the way discussed in the blog conversation Fri night).
- On Wordpress?
- Clear terms, that submissions can be used on the wiki.
A place to say thank you - blog comments or forum.
Later
Definitely:
- Ratings? Might scare providers
- Newest Pages?
- Tagcloud?
Promo
Before launch:
- Work on spiel
- Identify targets for partnership, funding...
At and after launch:
- Blog for project news - keep up to date enough, with good links & contact info.
Name
Convey story, community, usefulness...
mw:Extension:Google Analytics Integration
Where to from here
- Ongoing site admin
- List stakeholders
- If the name changes, be
- Confirm license: An introduction to Creative Commons
Reference
- Green wikis and development wikis - a review of the many green & development wikis, dating back to Ekopedia (started in 2002), Village Earth's Appropriate Technology Wiki Project (started in 2004) and Wiki Green (started in March 2006) - the last two of which have since joined forces with Appropedia,