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?

~Philippe (WMF)17:17, 4 December 2009

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...

Witty lama01:44, 12 December 2009
 

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.

Pharos22:45, 15 December 2009

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.

Aude04:09, 16 December 2009

Yeah, the stuff they're doing with public policy is fascinating!

~Philippe (WMF)06:36, 16 December 2009