Question for discussion: partnership types
Question for discussion: partnership types
What types of partnerships has the Wikimedia movement formed to date re: content sources, technology infrastructure, revenue streams (included in-kind), outreach, innovations (e.g. mobility), and contributors?
Partnerships-
- Content: Bundesarchiv, Deutsche Fotothek, TroppenMuseum
- Technology: PediaPress, Kaltura, Wikia, Metavid, OpenStreetMap, Kennisnet...
- Philanthropic: Omidyar, Sloane, Stanton...
- Business: Orange, Answers.com... Google?
- Educational: Library classes (NYPL) to general public, Wikipedia Academies to universities and academics
Alliances ("friends of the family"): EFF, StatusNet, Mozilla, CreativeCommons, OLPC...
I find it interesting that almost all of the Wikipedia:School and university projects have come about through professors acting on their own, rather than through specific partnerships with the WMF or chapters, or even with individual Wikimedian volunteers. Perhaps we can enhance this type of activity with greater organized partnership efforts.
I look at recent changes on the smaller meta wikis like the Outreach wiki and saw http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Subject-Matter-Improvement_Pilot_Program. I don't know any further details, but this seems relevant.