Proposal:Gateway to Information

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    1. Achieve continued growth in readership
    2. Focus on quality content
    3. Increase Participation
    4. Stabilize and improve the infrastructure
    5. Encourage Innovation



    Summary

    Implement Wikimedia as a key to the evolution of informational media on the web.

    Proposal

    Create WikiChannels for things like Education, TV, Foreign Countries, Local News, Hollywood, Sports, Weather, and etc. Also allow how-to videos related to certain topics (ex. IPod; How to Back Up Your IPod). Allow live streams of media from events like art shows, festival, fourth of July, shuttle launches, or etc.


    Motivation

    The need for organized, authentic media on the web.


    Key Questions

    How will you organize/sort/authenticate the media posted? Will there be restrictions to how-to videos or topics?


    Potential Costs

    Funding for more server space and media moderators.

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