Quality Task Force Process

Starting point

MissionInn.Jim proposed a process for the taskforce (link):

1. Agree on a framework for the taskforce, and how recommendations will be developed, including what subpages will be needed
2. Define the objectives of the taskforce, and the definition of Quality using Woodwalker's defintion as a starting point
3. Itemize all known Quality Issues (QI) and Barriers to Quality
4. Prioritize the list of issues
5. Itemize the solutions that have already been proposed, including those here
6. Identify and assign research tasks.
7. Associate each proposal with one or more issues
8. Develop one proposal at a time, starting with the proposal that will best address the highest priority issue.

Randomran noted a similar process was being followed at the Community Health taskforce, and that ensuring issues and solutions were backed up with data would also help.

I suggest that this Task Force prepare a plan and approach to develop some proposals, since we have been asked to deliver our proposals by January 12, 2010. I have started a crude outline [User:MissionInn.Jim/QualityTF1 here]. If you find it useful, I would suggest moving it to a subpage of the project, and all participants can add to and help build the plan. I also suggest we give ourselves some dates to complete each step.

You all seem to have a lot more experience and history related to Wikipedia and its sister projects than I do, so I don't know if I can contribute much to the discussion. I also don't seem to have enough time. I'm having trouble just reading all the new postings. I hope you find this helpful.

Obviously my link didn't work. Any suggestions on where I can learn more about how this discussion thread tool works?

Single brackets are for HTML, so you should have put in a full URL. Or you can do a wikilink like this -- double brackets, with a pipe code in between.

Your outline is similar to what we're doing at community health... you want to spend some time discussing the problem before you jump in with solutions. The only thing I might add is that it would be helpful to back up your sense of the problem (and solutions) with data. You'll probably persuade WMF to follow your recommendations if you support them with good research.

Oops. I guess I knew how to set up the link. I just did it wrong. Thanks Randomran. I also added an activity to identify and assign research tasks.

@MissionInn.Jim,

I have proposed above an approach that may answer some of your questions and give you (and me) an easier way to digest all this material. It is great that you are giving the project some of your time. All suggestions are welcome. I second Randomran's guidelines, although sometimes getting out of the box ideas or hearing the same idea a second time is extremely helpful.

I am also having trouble with Liquid Threads (LT) so I hope the suggestion I made above will work.

One of the problems I have with LiquidThreads is I don't know what "above" means when you say you have proposed an approach "above". The order of the threads keeps shifting. Which specific thread are you referring to? Thanks.

My apologies. Click on the "beginning" thread.