Encourage Innovation - specific goals

I agree that something like an experimental arena would be nice. At the bottom of http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page there are backstage wikis like Wikimedia Laboratories and the Incubator. I haven't looked much into them, but they have the potential to play bigger roles.

Mikael Häggström17:01, 15 June 2010

Thoughtful edits, Eekim. However, I still consider an interface for WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editing as a top priority, in order to reach out to the vast majority of the world population that is not familiar with editing in wiki code. Or is there perhaps a more appropriate place to highlight tech details?

Mikael Häggström07:37, 17 June 2010

WYSIWYG is definitely a top priority, but it is a tactical priority that will help us with the goal of improving participation. As such, I don't think it belongs under the movement's strategic priorities.

I also should note that the Wikimedia Foundation tech team has identified WYSIWYG as a near term priority. I hope they'll publish their plans on this wiki very soon.

Eekim22:28, 17 June 2010

I hope so too.

I also agree with your comment below, but something tells me you might have intended to put it in another discussion.

Mikael Häggström06:39, 30 June 2010

I notice we are lacking Innovation (sic - The main page Innovation link is red) this is not true for any of the other specific goals, am I missing something here? MikeBeckett 10:02, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

MikeBeckett10:02, 20 May 2011
 
 
 

Totally agree with this. In order to encourage experimentation, we'll need to have better spaces for that.

For all of the heat that some of the smaller projects have taken, they have been some of the most innovative and experimental. We've borrowed a number of innovations that emerged from English Wikinews here on strategy wiki, for example. I think that this wiki has been innovative as well. From this standpoint, smaller wikis have a huge role to play. It's a bit easier to be innovative, because consensus is easier to reach. There's also a responsibility, however, to document and evangelize successful experiments.

Eekim22:27, 17 June 2010