Wikipedia talk:Wikimedia Foundation

Lock

Please lock this redirect (cf Wikipedia:Wikimedia) 16@r (talk) 15:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's now currently unlocked, if it matters. Biosthmors (talk) 10:21, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There are a lot of Wikipedia space links that go to the English Wikipedia article Wikimedia Foundation

See here. Many should probably be pointed here (WP:WMF) instead. Biosthmors (talk) 11:24, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. We should probaly update many of the links. 64.40.54.75 (talk) 01:54, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request here currently stalled for some reason, but hopefully it proceeds soon! Biosthmors (talk) 08:36, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reorganizing

I'm going to WP:BOLDly reorganize this page. Everybody is free to revert per WP:BRD if they think my additions are unhelpful. 64.40.54.75 (talk) 02:39, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding the links! I did edit out the perceived marketing-speak. Is there a long-term development goal timeline? I'd love to see real time collaborative editing eventually (like google docs). Hell, why not even have it open so that people can see the stroke marks as they happen. That would make it more interactive. =) Biosthmors (talk) 08:32, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hypothetically, that's a goal, per mw:Wikimedia Engineering/2013-14 Goals#VisualEditor and mw:VisualEditor/Realtime collaboration and mw:Future/Real-time collaboration and mw:Engineering/Product Strategy Offsite (#7). Afaik, the complexity is partially in how the "diffs" get handled - we can't save a diff for every single keystroke... They're definitely wanting to deal with it though, and have been brainstorming for years. –Quiddity (talk) 20:08, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Is there a long-term development goal timeline?" The most long-term plan I know of is the 5 year plan from 2010 at strategy:Task force/Strategy/Plan overview, but there may be others I am unaware of. 64.40.54.22 (talk) 21:34, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Is this page for informing the community what the WMF does/provides? I often see people asking for the WMF to intervene in debates, decide article issues, and other things that are not within the remit of the Foundation. I figured this page was to clarify the WMF's role in the projects and what they do/provide for the various communities. Could I get clarification on this please? Thanks. 64.40.54.22 (talk) 21:44, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]