This is a redirect from Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Empowerment. this is a draft during the initial phase of this effort, while we seek input and feedback from others.
Thanks for visiting this draft page. this will soon be moved to the actual page for this WikiProject, once revisions are finalized.
If you wish, you can click the link below to skip to the section for "Members," where you can add your name and initial comments, to help us get started.
Thanks for visiting this project. We are still a work in progress. we will be adding much more ideas in the near future. below is some basic background, just to get things rolling.
Recently I visited WikiProject Council to get an idea of their current efforts and structure. It turns out that WikiProject Council has several; vital and essential functions here; they have set up numerous resources that are of vital importance here, including the items below. These resources are absolutely outstanding, and we invite editors to view these resources any time.
However, WikiProject Council does not see itself as an actual "council" in the conventional sense of the word; in other words they do not have a formal body of members, and they do not manage or facilitate an ongoing discussion process or any kind of continuous exchange of information.We appreciate the vital work that they currently do; this includes building and maintaining vital resources, and addressing specific inquires and requests that may arise, rather than actually facilitating an actual ongoing discussion process to exchange ideas between different WikiProjects. They did point out some existing recurring problems with WikiProjects; e.g. one problem mentioned is how many WikiProjects exist purely in name only, but are no longer active.
That's where this WikiProject comes in.
So we believe that the idea of "WikiProjects" remains viable, vital and active, and we believe that facilitating open exchange of ideas, rather than hindering it, is vital to the continued success of Wikipedia.
But all of this stem from one key idea, which is our real core concept, founding principle, and underlying goal:
We are here to promote editor empowerment.
basically, in my opinion it is up to us. the truth is that many WikiProjects do serve a useful and vital purpose. and even more there is still much tangible value to create an active communication process like the one that I describe below.
Basically, there are active WikiProjects out there, they do have a clear mandate and purpose, and they do have a widespread ongoing clearly-defined group effort to address, and document the key topical areas that is their specific focus.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red is one of the best examples of this. A group of editors all focused on a clear goal, namely to wrote and edit entries for a topical area that they feel has received far too little coverage here.
I would like to create a new active process to highlight active WikiProjects, to recruit new editors to join them, to highlight what they are doing right and the ways other WikiProjects can develop and flourish.
Basically, we would be doing the mission that WikiProject Council should be doing.
I would like to get some active WikiProject coordinators together, to serve as a core committee of sorts to drive this process forwards. I already have a core group in mind. we have some individuals who may wish to represent "Women in Red," and we have WikiProject Military History as a ready source of input and insight. Additionally, I editors who has been highly active at the history WikiProject, and once we start some core discussions, there are other editors who have expressed as well.
Basically, we have three major goals:
Here is a link to one central page in this process:
Here is the proposed core structure on how to proceed. This is still in process.
okay, so to do all this, i.e. in order to propose all this, and then act upon it, and then set up pages for this, I need the active, vocal support, from a group of experienced, established WikiProject coordinators, right at the outset, and available on a constant basis.
Please sign up below fin our section for "Members." and then please add your initial comments.
As part of this, I have a somewhat novel idea. I would like to create a new namespace here at Wikipedia, for GROUPS. it would be for all groups of editors, of any size or focus, that seek to work together. basically, it would be a namespace for any and every group of editors who want to form a group other' than a WikiProject, in which to pursue various groups goals and strategies.
However, given that right now, we do NOT have any such namespace, and none is planned with that name, then THIS WikiProject is here to address that need. Basically we are here to exchange any and every need that might arise for which editor discussion, input and exchange is needed.
We will be a cross-WikiProject forum. We will provide an inter-project exchange, across many topical areas, where editors can find a voice, find a platform, invite others to join their projects, or get ideas from other projects on great methods for promoting a topic, attracting recruits, improving articles, etc.
Please add your name, under the section "members." then please, please go to the "Initial comments" section, and write a brief comment letting us know how you got here, and what your main concerns are. All of you were either invited here and drawn here based on our core goals. we'd like to get a sense of everyone's views right at the outset.
We will be working continuously to build this resource in the next few days. to do so, the sooner we can get written statements of support from others, the better. just put down some initial points about how you got here, where you heard of us, why you wanted a project like this, and what your core goals and concerns are that drew you here.
We want to get this idea off the ground, folks. let's get the discussion rolling. we welcome your input. thanks!!!
Please add your name below to sign up as a member here. then please go to the section for "Initial comments," and post some comments there. Please indicate any WikIProject(s) that you are actively part of, and also any WikiProjects for whom you could serve as an active liaison.
Please add your initial introduction and some introductory comments below, on how you got here, your core concerns and ideas, and why you seek to participate. the more we get, the better we have a basis for proceeding. You can create a section IF you want, but alternately you do not need to. Remember to include your signature. Thanks!! --
Sm8900 (
talk) 15:34, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Comments:
Coordinator:
Coordinates and facilitates discussion and exchange regarding ideas and methods to reach goals below.
Coordinates and facilitates discussion and exchange regarding ideas and methods to reach goals below.
Coordinates and facilitates discussion and exchange regarding ideas and methods to reach goals below.
Liaisons with active WikiProjects:
This is a redirect from Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Empowerment. this is a draft during the initial phase of this effort, while we seek input and feedback from others.
Thanks for visiting this draft page. this will soon be moved to the actual page for this WikiProject, once revisions are finalized.
If you wish, you can click the link below to skip to the section for "Members," where you can add your name and initial comments, to help us get started.
Thanks for visiting this project. We are still a work in progress. we will be adding much more ideas in the near future. below is some basic background, just to get things rolling.
Recently I visited WikiProject Council to get an idea of their current efforts and structure. It turns out that WikiProject Council has several; vital and essential functions here; they have set up numerous resources that are of vital importance here, including the items below. These resources are absolutely outstanding, and we invite editors to view these resources any time.
However, WikiProject Council does not see itself as an actual "council" in the conventional sense of the word; in other words they do not have a formal body of members, and they do not manage or facilitate an ongoing discussion process or any kind of continuous exchange of information.We appreciate the vital work that they currently do; this includes building and maintaining vital resources, and addressing specific inquires and requests that may arise, rather than actually facilitating an actual ongoing discussion process to exchange ideas between different WikiProjects. They did point out some existing recurring problems with WikiProjects; e.g. one problem mentioned is how many WikiProjects exist purely in name only, but are no longer active.
That's where this WikiProject comes in.
So we believe that the idea of "WikiProjects" remains viable, vital and active, and we believe that facilitating open exchange of ideas, rather than hindering it, is vital to the continued success of Wikipedia.
But all of this stem from one key idea, which is our real core concept, founding principle, and underlying goal:
We are here to promote editor empowerment.
basically, in my opinion it is up to us. the truth is that many WikiProjects do serve a useful and vital purpose. and even more there is still much tangible value to create an active communication process like the one that I describe below.
Basically, there are active WikiProjects out there, they do have a clear mandate and purpose, and they do have a widespread ongoing clearly-defined group effort to address, and document the key topical areas that is their specific focus.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red is one of the best examples of this. A group of editors all focused on a clear goal, namely to wrote and edit entries for a topical area that they feel has received far too little coverage here.
I would like to create a new active process to highlight active WikiProjects, to recruit new editors to join them, to highlight what they are doing right and the ways other WikiProjects can develop and flourish.
Basically, we would be doing the mission that WikiProject Council should be doing.
I would like to get some active WikiProject coordinators together, to serve as a core committee of sorts to drive this process forwards. I already have a core group in mind. we have some individuals who may wish to represent "Women in Red," and we have WikiProject Military History as a ready source of input and insight. Additionally, I editors who has been highly active at the history WikiProject, and once we start some core discussions, there are other editors who have expressed as well.
Basically, we have three major goals:
Here is a link to one central page in this process:
Here is the proposed core structure on how to proceed. This is still in process.
okay, so to do all this, i.e. in order to propose all this, and then act upon it, and then set up pages for this, I need the active, vocal support, from a group of experienced, established WikiProject coordinators, right at the outset, and available on a constant basis.
Please sign up below fin our section for "Members." and then please add your initial comments.
As part of this, I have a somewhat novel idea. I would like to create a new namespace here at Wikipedia, for GROUPS. it would be for all groups of editors, of any size or focus, that seek to work together. basically, it would be a namespace for any and every group of editors who want to form a group other' than a WikiProject, in which to pursue various groups goals and strategies.
However, given that right now, we do NOT have any such namespace, and none is planned with that name, then THIS WikiProject is here to address that need. Basically we are here to exchange any and every need that might arise for which editor discussion, input and exchange is needed.
We will be a cross-WikiProject forum. We will provide an inter-project exchange, across many topical areas, where editors can find a voice, find a platform, invite others to join their projects, or get ideas from other projects on great methods for promoting a topic, attracting recruits, improving articles, etc.
Please add your name, under the section "members." then please, please go to the "Initial comments" section, and write a brief comment letting us know how you got here, and what your main concerns are. All of you were either invited here and drawn here based on our core goals. we'd like to get a sense of everyone's views right at the outset.
We will be working continuously to build this resource in the next few days. to do so, the sooner we can get written statements of support from others, the better. just put down some initial points about how you got here, where you heard of us, why you wanted a project like this, and what your core goals and concerns are that drew you here.
We want to get this idea off the ground, folks. let's get the discussion rolling. we welcome your input. thanks!!!
Please add your name below to sign up as a member here. then please go to the section for "Initial comments," and post some comments there. Please indicate any WikIProject(s) that you are actively part of, and also any WikiProjects for whom you could serve as an active liaison.
Please add your initial introduction and some introductory comments below, on how you got here, your core concerns and ideas, and why you seek to participate. the more we get, the better we have a basis for proceeding. You can create a section IF you want, but alternately you do not need to. Remember to include your signature. Thanks!! --
Sm8900 (
talk) 15:34, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Comments:
Coordinator:
Coordinates and facilitates discussion and exchange regarding ideas and methods to reach goals below.
Coordinates and facilitates discussion and exchange regarding ideas and methods to reach goals below.
Coordinates and facilitates discussion and exchange regarding ideas and methods to reach goals below.
Liaisons with active WikiProjects: