Strategy

The original Wikipedia strategy may have been little more than 'produce 1000 Nupedia drafts in a year', but it has developed significantly over time.

Background

When the first elected Trustees took their seats on the Board, there were a variety of discussions about where the Foundation should set its sights.

• Early discussions: mailing list threads from Anthere and Angela from late 2004 were often about related topics
• Strategic goals: a few open meetings about goals, and some discussions on the wiki (1), ensued

The Mission and Vision statements were revisited in 2006/2007 to help lay uniform foundations for future work. The idea was for this to happen at least once a year, though we seem to have skipped 2008 – hence our 2009 strategy planning.

Strategic planning 2009

As of May 2009, A formal process of strategic planning is being planned for the coming year. Threads about how to proceed have been floated on foundation-l, and three one-year contracts to facilitate the process have been posted. The strategic planning process focuses on finding actionable strategies for the Wikimedia Foundation/Movement, answering what and how questions concerning participation, reach (outreach) and quality. Wikimedia strategy doesn't coincide with Wikipedia strategy.

Communication

• How do we combine Planet Wikimedia, Twitter and similar updates, and non-minor edit summaries from central pages into a central exchange of wm updates and project highlights?
• How do we communicate new announcements across projects? unified randomized sitemessages. js banners with info.

Preservation

• What does it mean to be an archive of knowledge? Of revision histories and metadata? How central/essential is this? How many copies are needed to keep stuff safe?

Scope and project creation

• What areas of knowledge are worth covering? Why are some not - or is this only a matter of time? How do we decide, expand, modify?