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List:       wikitech-l
Subject:    Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki Foundation (was Re: CentralAuth API access)
From:       "Daniel Friesen" <daniel () nadir-seen-fire ! com>
Date:       2012-08-31 7:08:50
Message-ID: op.wjv8s0kpdykrql () daniels-macbook-air ! local
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:58:56 -0700, MZMcBride <z@mzmcbride.com> wrote:

> Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
>> On 08/27/2012 12:04 AM, Daniel Friesen wrote:
>>> We need some sort of think tank (well some thing with a better name)
>>> non-profit that people donate to. To have it hire people to crank out
>>> MediaWiki features outside of just the stuff WMF wants.
>>>
>>> I'd love to spend 80% of my time cranking out fringe MediaWiki features
>>> where what the community wants and what my specialties are intersect.
>>>
>>
>> To borrow from the great Amir: +[[Crore]]
>
> Yes, what the world needs is another horribly confusingly named  
> foundation.
> After we establish the MediaWiki Foundation, we can start work on the
> MikiWedia Foundation and the WediaMiki Foundation. ;-)
>
> In all seriousness, this has come up a few times before (on wikitech-l  
> and
> mediawiki-l, I believe) and it deserves thoughtful consideration. I think
> the first step is to write a draft somewhere on MediaWiki.org detailing:
>
> * what you view as the current deficiencies of the Wikimedia Foundation
> owning/operating MediaWiki; and
>
> * what possible problems might be solved (or created!) by the  
> establishment
> of a MediaWiki Foundation.
>
> A discussion of some analogous organizations (such as Mozilla) might be  
> good
> as case studies to include in such a page as well.
>
> MZMcBride

As you command oh great catalyst[1].
Done in true developer style "[RFC] MediaWiki Foundation":
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/MediaWiki_Foundation


[1] Hope you don't mind. I found it amusing. And it kind of fits in a  
positive way.
-- 
~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://daniel.friesen.name]

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