Strategic Planning:Books/All Proposals

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List of all proposals by subject as of 28/08/2011. The script to generate this page can be found at User:He!ko/Category-tree 2 book.

Proposals for new features: .WIKI. and .WK. top level domains; A quick and easy way to release all rights to a contribution for anonymous users; AJAX based quick editing; Add user comments possibility; Better View History; Build WikiProject tools into MediaWiki; Collaborative Google Wave-based Wikipedia editing; Comment function; Contributor diaries; Digital Archaeology; Easier Editing; Filtering out vandalism in edit history; Geonotice improvements; Global watchlists; Improve transparency of article status and the editing process; Launch 'My Wikipedia'; More precise referencing; Most wanted articles or WIKI-links; New tag for forced substitution of templates; Pages that Cite this Article links; Project future statistics for each article; Pseudonymous PGP; Rimedo por facile kaj rapide forlasi siajn rajtojn pri kontribuaĵo senensaluta; Search in specific wikis; Smart category browsing; Stardict dictionaries from Wiktionary; Stop using wikis for tasks for which wikis are not suitable; Storage capacity saving; Support OpenID; Support for high resolution images; The third party authors; To build a well formed wiki markup language; Tools for tracking reuse of Commons media; Turning off inline citations; Use Geonotices on larger wikipedias to promote local language pedias; Use ReCaptcha; Virtual wikis needed; Watch Category option; Wikisoftware-free; Плавающая панель с поиском и меню (Floating pane with search and menu); Mesclagem na autenticação de login Google com o Wikipedia (vice-versa).
Proposals related to API: Image API; Implement OAuth for MediaWiki (and employ in Wikimedia); Interoperability (Wiki-to-Wiki interoperability); JavaServer Pages (JSP) and templates; Object-oriented API for articles; Platform Centric; RPC-based facebook-esque API; Separate content from style; Wikimedia editor; Wikimedia to use TSAI; 开放维基百科API
Proposals for graphics-related features: Allow upload of flash animations; Blender Integration; Get another CMS for Commons; Infographic interactivity; Java applet support; Map conventions; Markup for Maps; Markup for charts and graphs; More Graphs and Less Math=More Approachable; Multimedia File Formats Standards to maximise bandwith efficiency; OSM relate, Encyclopedic OpenStreetMap; OSM relate, Online 2.0 SVG editor; Sound and video bites; Text or Syntax driven Charts, Diagrams, Graphs and more; VideoWiki; Visualization methods; WikiGIS -- Setup a GeoServer to Share Georeferenced Data
Proposals for data-related features: A central repository of all language independent data; Base de donnée interlangue; BibTeX database and Bibliography namespace; Consider use of Apache Jackrabbit GQL; Data-driven content; Data.wikimedia.org; Getting more information; Globalize Reliable Sources; IBM NetRexx scripting; More multi dialect wikis; Structured Data; Templates.wikimedia.org; Unification; Weather tracking
Proposals for interactive instruction: Add game-like features; Assessment content; Audio offerings; Develop systems for accuracy review; Embedded live user assistance; Foundations for Interactive Articles; Include competitive approaches to creating content; Integrated educational experience; Record and upload sound clips in web application; Wikimedia for Education; Wikipedia Interactive
Proposals for new authentication features: Extend Wikipedia to include external authentication; Proposal:Upgrade Mediawiki as a filesystem management tool
Proposals for technical improvement: Development of Interactive Content Authoring Tool; Endorse OpenDocument format or XWiki OfficeImporter; Foundation-Announce-l; Host Wikipedia from Space; Improve email system; Include a boss key; MediaWiki Admin Control Panel; Multiple watchlists; Tech transparency
Proposals related to Semantic MediaWiki: A 'common knowledge' database - like 'Cyc'; A Visual Representation of the Worlds Knowledge; Deals; Dublin Core; General requirements in matter of knowledges representation; Key Concepts; Knowledge Representation One Step Further; Make Commons more accessible to the average visitor; Make Semantic Annotations Possible; Semantic wiki-web; Templates and same sections for related articles; Wikijobs job search engine
Proposals for advertising and outreach: A "be bold" campaign; A series of videos to dissuade vandals, encourage new editors, welcome and inform newbies of key editing policies and perhaps more; An animated series based on Wikipedia; Brand name consolidation; Can Wikimedia Become A 300 Million People Movement By 2020?; Contest to win a special Wikipedia DVD designed just for the contest winner; Directed community fundraising; Drop the idea that everyone can contribute knowledge; Getting more in touch with people who have no Internet access; Hold Wiki knowledge drives; Hold a Wikipedia field day at Valley Heights Secondary School; Il faut des éditeurs, tout simplement; Interweave with Real World; Involving older people; KiIsWhoWi social net; Make Wikipedia better known ("smaller" languages); Make a country song using Wikipedia as a theme; Me gustaria ver a wikipedia en; Mi Wikipedia en Español en 5 Años; Partner with the Royal Ontario Museum; Pay for a flyer in Esperanto; Proposal for indian market; Reach out by active promotion of content in wiki-weak large languages; Search engine presence; Set better example for Mass Media; Sponsor a NASCAR Sprint Cup race in 2010 or 2011; Stupidity of increasingly smaller crowds; Teach people about Wikipedia at Epcot Center; Television; Voice of the Customer; Volunteer Management practices to Expand Participation; WikiWords - A way to advertise wikipedia in other websites; Wikifying browser; Wikipedia as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity; Wikipedia comic strip; Wikipedia in homeless shelters; Wikipedia the Musical
Proposals for supporting other communities: Building a database of all books ever published; Mirror Citizendium.org, WikiHow.com, and FreeBase.com; Track bugs in other projects impeding our progress; Translator (Hire a sufficient number of professional translators)
Proposals related to content partnerships: Approach potential merger partners, and be open to mergers and partnerships; Develop cooperation model with educational publishing companies; GLAMwiki (for cooperation with galleries, libraries, archives and museums); Local image and content hunting and digitalizing; Reassess the Bundesarchiv deal; To diversify participation and create high quality content we should use amateur resources; Volunteer grant writing support; Wiki-assisted University and School
Proposals for outreach collaboration: Engage expatriate populations for their language and the language of the new country; Improve interfacing with academia; Mention Wikipedia on PBS Kids Go television shows; Partner with the Smithsonian
Proposals for outreach funding: Funding of Free knowledge centers in poverty areas; Hire brand ambassadors; I want to see Wikipedia win the Nobel Prize; Scholarships for contributors who bring vital articles to featured status; Sponsored research and development; Wikischolarships (individuals are granted online access to paid scientific publications)
Proposals for outreach multimedia: Official Anthem for English Wikipedia; Sponsor a "Wikipedia loves Threadless" design challenge; Wiki - On Screen; Wiki Broadcast; Wikimedia TV; Wikipedia TV station on Bell ExpressVu; Wikipedia for PlayStation 3 on Blu-Ray
Proposals for outreach text: Newsletter (digest-type email with changes according to watchlist); Publicize reference desk services and article readership statistics; Tutorials for finding peer-reviewed secondary literature; Volunteer Toolkit
Proposals for outreach events: Develop an online Wikimania conference; Events (Ongoing support of community-run events); Wiki Eventos
Proposals for improving usability: 'go to top' buttons at every section title; A beginners video tutorial on how to use wikimedia sites; Actually delete old deleted articles; Algorithm to assign an estimated credibility to articles; Auto sign on talk pages (done); Be More Inclusive and Friendly to Newbies; Be more free and easy; Better System For Discussions; Between blue links and red links; Change name of operation "move" to "rename"; Change upload form; Create widgets to embed Wiki articles in all pages; Dictionary extensions; Editeur wysiwyg; Editing usability improvements; Embedding templates deeper (for each type of content); Improve software, keep up with the times; Make the editing of the articles easier; Mark a watched page as visited and compare since latest visit; Named revisions and coalesced revisions; Navigation between the different projects; New Software for new strategies; Redirect Wikipedia.org to Main Page; Rethink categorization and listing; Right to Left support; Right to left printable version pictures problem; Spice it up a bit, make it easier; Tidy up and simplify the warnings on the edit page; Universal User Page; Universal login eligibility by default; Upload and release pre-existing content; Video-format presentation of article history; Visualize revision history in a fancy way; WYSIWYG default editor; Welcome all useful new users, if necessary by a bot; Wikipedia should have the same editing tools as this site
Proposals for extra avenues of access: Cep telefonumda; Distributed Wikipedia; Editing in Internet cafés; Gateway to Information; In a Hardcovered Book; Internationalise the Toolserver; Internetless users the way is Wiki backups !; Make Global contribs and Commons user gallery on Toolserver work; Mobile platform flexibilities; Offline Wikipedia; Publish a collectors edition wikibreviated; Unblock formerly open IP addresses; Videowikipedia; Wiki On-The-Go; Wiki in a Stick, with auto-update; WikiDVD; Wikipedia for MS-DOS; Wikipedia kiosks in Wal-Mart; Wikipedia through phones; Многоязыковая поддержка с профессиональными переводчиками (Multi-language support with professional translators)
Proposals for improving media usability: Concise Image Commons; Easier video submitting; Inline SVG preference; Librsvg development funding; Making editing & adding media simpler; Picturebook; Strengthen video creation; Up loading facilities; Wikibay - torrents for large mediafiles; WikimediaGallerySoftwares
Proposals for improving content: Future-driven Wikipedia; Make Wikimedia projects scale; More appropriate support and development for multimedia content; Reader-driven layouts and content; Survey our readers as to what they expect from Wikipedia
Proposals for improving content coverage: Change Wikipedia Notability Guidelines; Core topics complete; Describe how stuff works; Encourage laid-off automobile workers to edit Wikipedia articles related to the worldwide recession; Local lore and heritage; People should be allowed to create autobiographies; Wiki labs to acquire photos
Proposals to add media: 3D Museums; 3D Space Maps and Database; Collaboration with Flickr; More photographs; Non-free.wikimedia.org; Promi-Fotos; Proyecto de Wikimedia de animaciónes y juegos didácticos; Wiki Expeditions; Wikimedia project of animations and educational games
Proposals for improving content quality: Allow image rating for Commons; Apply levels of importance; Comparison with printed encyclopaedias; Create Scientific, Popular and Hobby encyclopedia levels; Editor attribution and better citation handling for editors; Encouraging process improvement; Every piece of information in Wikipedia should be cited; Explore how interface affects behaviour; Faire une différence visible entre le "fond" de l'article et les adjonctions non vérifiées; Forbid tags (editing process templates and metamessages) in articles; Hire people to check the credibility of certain wikis; Keep the contents legal; Maggior controllo degli scritti; More multimedia elements (Mehr Multimediale Aspekte einfließen lassen); Multiple revision for wiki (basic,advance); Parallel articles in same article space for controversial topics; Raising and resolving article quality issues; Reliable content; Separación de Poderes; Solutions for citations and unsure facts; Standardization of text structures; State of the Art Wikimedia; Submissions get a "editor, inspect this" (allow readers to request review); Support the fight against cross wiki vandalism; WhiteWiki, BlackWiki, GreyWiki; Wikipedia Fairness Act; 削除基準の緩和
Proposals for improving content quality related to peer-review: Academic Peer Review -layer; Enable school usage and acceptance (done); Expert review; Peer review by academic institutions
Proposals for improving content quality related to restricted editing: A Wikipedia of "Locked" Featured Articles; Academic web2; Attract actual experts; Authoring groups; Create editorial boards to oversee editing of controversial topic areas; Divide Wikipedia; Editorial teams (Redaktionen); Embrace professionalism; Flag Featured article diffs; Hire experts and don't allow changes from original; Intelligent Editors; Legitimizing a Scholarly Collaborative; Make institutional adoptation possible; Stable Release Tab
Proposals for ending anonymity: Create a reputation system and require logging-in to edit; Get rid of the global anonymity; How to make wikipedia a safe encyclopedia; Less anonymity
Proposals for new projects: A Wikipedia Museum; A repository for reminiscences; AMERIV - InspirationsPlattform; Academic degree from Wikimedia; Accessibility for deaf and visually impaired communities; Become an encyclopedia of Applied Science; Celtipedia; Chronologically Lewis (a major resource for the biography of C. S. Lewis); Coordination des nouveaux médias; Create Broader Book Interface; Create WikiProject Nanotechnology; Create a 2nd Wikipedia for knowlege without sources; Develop a copyright enforcement system; Go music; Life in the Year 2105 Wiki; Links repository project; Littlepedia; Motley's Crew Wikipedia; Multi-level Articles (By Difficulty); Nomenclature and Etymology; Nonfree media vault or time capsule; Open the Archives; PopularTourism- A wiki application for sharing all Mexican tourism information; Pornopedia; Preparing a translation machine; Proposal Entertainment; Recognize that Wikipedia is more than an encyclopedia and fork it; Simple Wikipedias; Sub-Wikipedias for towns, districts, villages,; Symptom based disease search; The ultimate dictionary; Visual dictionary; Wiki ESP; Wiki Idea Generator; Wiki Preschool; Wiki Shopping Mall; Wiki weddings; Wiki-Games; Wiki-business; WikiChrono project; WikiCiti; WikiGarage; WikiLaw; WikiLaws; WikiMedicine; WikiSportAlmanach; WikiVote (global surveys); Wikigenealogy; Wikimedia Web Annotation system; Wikimedia with every song on; Wikimedicine; Wikipedia exclusively for Kids; Wikipedia music radio; Wikipolitic; Wikiscience; Wikisearch
Proposals for new languages: A Brazilian Portuguese Wikipedia; American English Wikipedia; Canadian English Wikipedia; Canadian French Wikipedia; Create Wikisource for Yiddish; Merging inactive wikiprojects of small languages; New wiki language; Thai Language based Wikimedia
Proposals for volunteer support: Advance deletions to be retired or userfied pages; Alumni-organization (send email and welcome returnees); Be nice; Better research tools; Build experts communities; Community sustainability; Core wikipedias; Create a new user-class, Proven; Distribute computers to schools in developing countries; Eliminate vandals on sight; Establish community of wiki members in specific areas or locals; Extend editors' identity creation; German Wikipedia respecting the rules of civil communication; Help people understand the variety of ways in which the may contribute; Improve user page security; Make sure "Most wanted articles" is working in English and other languages; Regional Working Groups; Representative mediation (dispute resolution); Require x amount of admins for a decision; Resolution for friendly editing; Reward editors; Run an annual prize for best featured content; Sandbox for each article; Survey Former users; White tie gala for Wikipedia; WikiPals-A global brotherhood of Wikipedians; Wikimedia projects rules of behaviour as the basis for a system of ethics for an Artificial Inteligence; Wikinews Accredited Reporter Identity Cards; Wikipedia Fundraising Strategy (small donations)
Proposals for Foundation structure and function: Board transparency; Delete All Wikimedia Projects; Display the Green Fan (EvoSwitch) logo; Emergency Slimdown; Foundation manages Board elections; Go beyond the Wikis; Keep the servers running; Make Wikimedia scale; Re-hire Larry Sanger; Reaching the Third World; Stay the same; Wikimedia Internship; Wikimedia foundation to act as sponsor for free culture projects
Proposals for distributed infrastracture: Distributed Infrastructure; Distributed backup of Wikimedia content; Donated remote proxy server network; MVC Strategy Observations; P2P storage; Third World Wikipedia Mirroring
Proposals for regional organization: A Wikimedia Regional Chapter in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; Branch in East asia; Establishment of offices in India; Improve WMF-chapter relationships; International Wikimedia Chapters Network; Los Angeles Chapter; Office in Africa; Thematic Chapters; Wikimedia Regional Chapter in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; Wikipedia office in Mexico; Work on developing a sustainable international structure
Proposals to obtain funding: Advertisments on High-Traffic pages; Chapter and money; Charge for extra Userspace; Create new projects and put them for sale; Identify donors with an icon; Tip Jar for Editors; Users Can Choose to Take Advertising; Wikipedia Adwords; Wikipedia Fund
Proposals on funding through advertising: Ads (Werbung auf Wikipedia-Seiten); Alternative main page with advertisement linking and financing add free wiki pages; Cooperate with kaioo.com; Corporate sponsors via corporate pages; Micro advertisement box; No Advertising; The german Wikipedia should remain advertisement-free
Proposals for strategic planning: Call for Proposals; Call for proposals always open; Clubs for 0.5 mil. & 100 thousand articles Wikipedias; Defining and enhancing analytics from Wikipedia data; Dump Task forces on this wiki and start real work ourselves; Francisez le tableau des 12 propositions; How to build a proposal review community; Integrate Melancholie's statistics; Language demand statistics; Long term strategy development; Read the Proposals as Videos on youtube; Strategic meetings; Synch with Meta
Proposals to enable existing features: A MediaWiki Parser in C; Article modification alert (done); Better Video; Change languages quickly; Commenting on Wikinews; Digital scrapbook; Embedding video files from different archives; Enable merging of accounts, and do this to abusive sockpuppets; Graveyard (Attic repository for discarded paragraphs); Hub Page; Include standard and frequently-used templates in the editing toolbar; Interwikis and categories outside article code; Offer Google translation services with cursor hover over word in webpage; Pageview count; Show number of users watching a page; Spider popular project page interwikis; View deleted pages
Proposals for reforming policy and governance: Allow CSL licensing for Wikibooks; Care to prevent Wikipedia privatization; Focus primarily on content; More pictures, easier licensing (Mehr Fotos, einfachere Lizenzierung); No more Fair Use; Rebranding and Aesthetical changes; Rewriting of oversight policy; Values - what is important to us, as an organization?
Proposals for existing features: 'Printer friendly' links for articles; Allow people to upload up to two videos on a wiki page only if it is about the subject; Article Short-Summaries; Assignment for version number to each article; Change usergroup name "Oversight"; Delete sighted versions; Distinguish Between "Articles to be Treated as Sources" and "Articles to be Treated as References"; Filter content based on desired level of detail; Lecture notes to wiki; Optional Joystix font; RSS and or Atom feeds per article; Speedy deletion - 24 hour pause for some articles; To create standard basic table template accross Wiki; Wikidownloads; Wikitutorials-learn anything in chapters; 관리자에의해 삭제된 사용자 작성문건 열람권을 작성 사용자에게 제공; 글 작성자의 임시 저장 페이지 생성
Proposals for existing languages: MediaWiki language and project support
Proposals for improving accessibility: Create an accessibility committee; Searching for articles by typing a question; Text-to-speech; Wikipedia-While-You-Sleep
Proposals for interwiki issues: A central wiki for interlanguage links; Extended use of interwiki; Global templates; Hotcat interwiki script; Interlanguage reunification; Interwiki links for redlinks; 改善wikispecies的技术及功能
Proposals for language issues: Combination of all languages into a unipedia; Content translated automatically; Easy move between wikis; Integrated tool to assist in translations; Integration across languages and WMF projects; Make it more universal; Multilingual Wiktionary; Revive and save the Yiddish languge; Support African languages; Support every language rendering; To make contents of the encyclopedia more accessible to a computer analysis; Un support universel de consultation établi; Une interface épurée et dépouillée pour les sites de la Wikimedia Foundation; Wikimedia Help (A single wiki to centralize all of the help content); Wikiversity & Wikipedia sharing articles; 不应该称台湾繁体字为所谓“正体”; 尊重语言的民族感情
Proposals for editor awards or rewards: New marketing concept in social media in 4 phases
Proposals for reducing in-fighting: Administrative hierarchy; Authority over content disputes; End of the democracy game or downfall
Proposals for reforming policy and governance of Wikimedia projects: Back to the roots; End of the Power games; Give Rollbackers some blocking rights; Insist on metric units; Inspector generals, ombudsmen, and little guy advocates; Remove JimboWales name from Rules