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Proposals

Wikimedia's goal is the spread and promotion of knowledge. If you want to propose a new project under the umbrella of the Wikimedia Foundation which is in line with this goal, you can do it on this page. Policy to create new project is on New project policy. Please read it before making any proposition.

If you have a good idea for a project but are not willing to take the responsibility to realize it unto your shoulders, you can use the associated Discussion page to describe your idea so others can pick it up and build upon it.

If you want to propose a new language for an existing project, please do so on Requests for new languages.

How to propose a new project

  • Create an account and a user page on this wiki, so people can address their questions to you.
  • Read New project policy
  • Use the format below to add your proposal to this page. Create a page where you describe your plan in detail and add this to the category [[Category:Proposed projects]].
  • Meta-wiki is not really much frequented, therefore it is recommended that you also send a posting to the Foundation-l mailing-list to announce your proposal.

====Working title====
*Link to proposal on mailing list: [http://mail.wikipedia.org/]
*Naming suggestions:
*Domain name:
*Scope:
*Details: [[Working title]]
*Proposer:
*People interested joining:
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*Relevant links:

Doing Research and Starting a New Project

Note: Wikimedia is not a free hosting company for any kind of wikis. If your project doesn't fit the ideals of Wikimedia you are probably better off with a wiki hosting company such a http://wikidev.net or http://www.wikicities.com or hosting it on your own. See also a page about Wiki Farms on other Wiki for a bigger list of those, with user reviews.

Individuals attempting to create a new project may benefit from reading the Wikipedia timeline and Uses of a wiki.

One other place to strongly consider is to look at WikiProject, a series of subprojects within Wikipedia. Many of the proposals listed below could be incorporated into one of those projects, or perhaps a new Wikiproject could be started instead. Wikipedia is evolving and changing over time, and there is already quite a bit that can be adapted from the content on Wikipedia, not to mention involving people who commonly use and edit Wikipedia.

Wikisource also has a similar effort for larger subprojects of Wikisouce that are focused on original source material that will require quite a bit of effort to transfer to that project. This would be things like historical dictionaries, encyclopedias, or other multi-volume reference works that are of a historical nature and can be copied according to the terms of the GFDL.

In addition, it has been suggested on many of the proposals listed below that a good place to look would be with Wikibooks. If you are trying to put together a large collection of factual information into one place, starting a Wikibook may be a good place to go. If it doesn't quite fit Wikibooks, the other editors at Wikibooks will try to help you get to the correct place as well.

Don't take criticism at proposals personally. There have been a number of mistakes made in the past in regards to starting up new project ideas, and several of the "veteran" users are afraid of repeating those same mistakes. New ideas are taken seriously, although it should be admitted that the process of going from an idea for a new project to actually turning on a server that is implementing that new project idea will take quite a bit of time and effort. If you are proposing these ideas, be willing to take some "arrows" in your back, a lot of criticism, cynicism, and outright disbelief that your ideas are not going to work. If it really is a good idea, there will be others who will be willing to help you out as well. Be persistant and don't give up right away.

The last major project that made the jump from a project idea to something going on its own was Wikinews. Some veteran users are suggesting that it will be a year or two before any other project idea will be accepted as a new separate project, if ever. If you want to see how a project idea has been successful, it would be wise to see what was done to go from idea to an actual project, please look at the project proposal page for Wikinews. In particular, click on the history button and look back in time over some of the complications they went through before going "live". Any projects that don't live up to this sort of standard for coming into existance will likely not be considered as a new project by the Wikimedia Foundation Board. Don't get discouraged, but it is not going to be easy either.

If you see something that doesn't fit into any current Wikimedia project, could be done using MediaWiki software, can be distrbuted using the GFDL (or very similar license) for republishing, please feel free to add a suggestion below.

Existing sites

Existing Wikimedia Foundation-hosted projects which you may not be aware of:

Non-Wikimedia Foundation projects that run MediaWiki and have free/open licenses:

See also Sites using MediaWiki.


If you are suggesting an enhancement which requires a change to the MediaWiki software, please file a feature request in the Mediazilla tracking system. Usually this is instead of making a request here, but if you also want the Wikimedia Foundation to start a new site that makes use of this feature, please do list it below in addition to filing the feature request.

If you have a proposal for any other type enhancement to an existing project, please visit that project and attempt to gather interest there.

If you want to expand an existing project into a new language, please see:

Requests with working demos

Wikiversity

التصويت من أجل افتتاح مشروع ويكيجامعة قد بدأ في موقع ويكيميديا ميتا-ويكي . رجاء إقرأ طلب إنشاء مشروع ويكيجامعة و شارك بصوتك في دعم أو رفض مشروع ويكيميديا الجديد .

Die Abstimmung über Wikiversity hat auf dem Wikimedia Meta-Wiki begonnen. Bitte lies den Vorschlag über Wikiversity und gib deine Stimme für oder gegen dieses neue Wikimedia-Projekt ab.

Voting for Wikiversity has started at the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Please read the proposal about Wikiversity and cast your vote to support or oppose this new Wikimedia project.

Ya comenzó la votación sobre Wikiversity en el Wiki-Meta de Wikimedia. Lee por favor la propuesta de Wikiversity y vota para apoyar u oponerte a este nuevo proyecto Wikimedia.

Le vote pour Wikiversité a commencé sur Wikimédia Meta-Wiki. Veuillez lire la proposition de Wikiversité et voter pour ou contre ce nouveau projet Wikimédia.

הצבעה בנושא Wikiversity התחילה במטא-ויקי של קרן ויקימדיה. אנא קראו אודות הפרויקט המוצע Wikiversity, ובחרו האם אתם תומכים או מתנגדים להוספת פרויקט זה למשפחת פרויקטי ויקימדיה.

Su Wikimedia Meta-Wiki è iniziata la votazione per Wikiversity. Per favore leggete la proposta per Wikiversity e date il vostro voto in supporto o contro questo nuovo progetto di Wikimedia.

A votação para o Wikiversidade começou na Meta-Wiki da Wikimedia. Por favor leia a proposta sobre o Wikiversidade e vote para apoiar ou opor-se a este novo projeto da Wikimedia.

Głosowanie w sprawie Wikiversity rozpoczęło się na stronie Wikimedia Meta. Proszę przeczytać Propozycję Wikiversity i oddać głos za lub przeciw temu nowemu projektowi.

1911 Wikipedia

The content of the 11th Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is public domain, and certainly that status would not change. The main article page for the project is clearly noting the public domain nature of the source text (not commonly done at all in most publishing situations, including other copies of this edition of the Encyclopedia elsewhere on the web), and in general we are trying to follow a "no touch" policy to the source text except for scanning errors and html markup. Wikimedia policy in general is that all contributions are subject to the GFDL (see disclaimer and licensing statements at the bottom of this page even), but in this case it applies only to the actual markup of the text. Even edited text is still in the public domain, as that is simply a matter of law. I'm curious what your specifc objection to the GFDL is about, as you are still permitted to copy this text, and even sell it for a profit if you care to do so. The only advantage of pure public domain licensing is that somebody like you can take this content, with all the hours I put into it, and claim propritary copyright status due to a very small amount of additional work you put into the content, without even acknowledging that anybody else contributed. The GFDL is mainly a way to force attribution of work added, or at least force the content provider to acknowlege that it is from public domain materials. --Roberth 10:11, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Don't know if this project is still active, but if it is: why not just put it on Wikisource? I can see the value of something like this but there's no need to duplicate. Lord Bob 09:21, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • This project is very much alive... and a part of Wikisource right now. If you want to dig in, you are encouraged. One thing to keep in mind: If this projects succeeds, it will become more than half of all current Wikisource content (it is actually larger than Wikisource currently is... or will be) and will be a dominent feature on Wikisource. The Wikisource community seems to have "adopted" this project very well, and signifcant progress has been made toward putting the content together and organizing the effort. At some time in the future it may be wise to put this on its own domain, much as the "classical" Wikipedia currently is as an archive of the past. That is years into the future, however, and quite a bit still needs to be done to even consider that as a possibility. --Roberth 16:26, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Almanac

Demo site: http://wikinac.info.tm

Debate

Inclusive of political, ethical, scientific, religious, and philosophical controversies.

Wikireason

Good idea, I'd go for "WikiForum" (all languages)

CDT: Lets Make a Map of Wikipedia

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [4]
  • Scope:CDT stands for Context Driven Topologies, an open source system of mathematical mapping, audio-visual presentation, and data structures to serve as a bridge between interactive thinking communities like Wikipedia, large scale digital collections and archives, and everyone with a computer.
  • Details: [[5]]
  • Proposer:Deborah MacPherson
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:[www.contextdriventopologies.org]

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Wikidea / Wikitheory / Wikipolitics

Link to request on mailing list: [6] Naming suggestions: Wikidea, Wikitheory, Wikipolitics

Wiki Theory

  • Naming Suggestions: Wikieory, Wikiory, Wikiry
  • Domain Name: www.en.wikieory.org/... (suggestion)
  • Scope: an open forum to develop and/or disscuss theories on science, politics, series like Harry Potter, etc., as well as discuss government systems, cultural habits, etc.(Wikitution part of Wikieory????)
  • Proposer: Merlin of Eragon
  • People intrested in joining:
    • Kraken
    • Ahamay :Great idea! Wikitution should be included here
    • User: Centroles - Brilliant idea
    • This is very similar to the wikibate proposal. User:Colignatus 2005-02-25
  • Relevant links:

Wikiopinions / Wikiexperiences

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [8]
  • Naming suggestions: Wikiopinions, Wikiexperences, Wikomments
  • Domain name: en.wikiopinions.org, it.wikiopinions.org, ecc.
  • Scope: Giving for every concept or object described in Wikipedia own opinion or personal experience
  • Details: Wikiopinions
  • Proposer:Thom
  • People interested joining:
      • This is very similar to the wikibate proposal: you would not mention an opinion unless it has value for the community. User:Colignatus 2005-02-25
  • Relevant links:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikibate

Geospatial

WikiEarth (Using Google Maps)

  • Link to request on mailing list: [9]
  • Naming suggestions: WikiEarth
  • Domain name: wikiearth.org
  • Scope: make use of google maps in a wiki, to search and hold interesting locations in the world.
  • Details: here you could se an example of this wiki http://www.inopia.org/wikiearth. In a short time it will be referred as http://www.wikiearth.org
  • Proposer: F. Terran, mail.
  • People interested joining:
    • nobody yet.
  • Relevant links: WikiEarth


Wikipedia Historical Atlas

Wikimaps

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [10]
  • Naming suggestions: Wikimaps, probably Geowiki
  • Domain name: wikimaps.wikimedia.org
  • Scope: Collect geographic data in wiki pages which can be rendered into maps to be used in wikimedia (and other) projects
  • Details: Geo (should be moved to Wikimaps or something...)
  • Proposer: Magnus Manske
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links: Working demo (requires SVG-enabeled browser to actually see the maps)

I think there is also a discusson to be had about Geotags.

WikiGPS

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [11]
  • Naming suggestions: WikiGPS - Worldwide location finding
  • Domain name: wikigps.org
  • Scope:
  • Details: WikiGPS
  • Proposer: User:gpswiki
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:

Wikiteer

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [12]
  • Naming suggestions: Wikiteer
  • Domain name: wikiteer.org (registered)
  • Scope: Geographical information on everything, from continents to fireplugs
  • Details: Wikiteer
  • Proposer:User:Anthony DiPierro
  • People interested joining:
    • Merlin of Eragon

WikiTranslation

Demo site: Wikicities:c:Translation

  • Comments
    • Er, Wikisource is already doing this and now that it is going to be slit up will be able to do this even better than it was before. --Daniel Mayer 19:42, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • It must be like an encyclopedia, with variations, expressions, idioms, figurate sense, metaphorical expressions, slang words, context using, word frequency in langage, pictures,..not just a word list...Patrick Bouge

European Wikitution

  • Link to request on mailing list: not yet there
  • Naming suggestions: Wikitution
  • Domain name: http://www.wikitution.org (working)
  • Scope: The citizens of France and The Netherlands did not accept the proposed european constitution in two national polls. Europe is facing a serious crisis. It needs a free and democratic constitution, to which everybody can contribute and which will be accepted by the great majority of all citizens in Europe.
  • Details: http://www.wikitution.org
  • Proposer: User:Juh (I set up the wiki and registered the domain name without knowing that Merlin of Eragon proposed "Wiki constitution/political theory"(see above). I am sorry for that. The problem in europe is urgent and we need a solution soon. I hope that we can cooperate.

Explicitly politically motivated project is not suitable for Wikimedia.

General Wikitution

  • Naming suggestions: Wikitution
  • Domain name: wikitution.org (suggestion)
  • Scope: Design the perfect government through a freely editable constitution, bill or rights, etc...
      • This is a prime example of a topic belonging to the wikibate proposal: what works would be a matter of opinion but the wiki would help to analyse the pro's and con's. User:Colignatus 2005-02-25
    • Proposer: Merlin of Eragon
  • Relevant links:
  • People interested joining:
    • User: Centroles - Absolutely brilliant idea
    • Wikithink tank is very interested in this project. I'm new to wiki, however I too have an example constitution for debating such. The think tank "LightningRod" is a proposed open-source fourm. LightningRod 13:58, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Explicitly political project is not suitable for Wikimedia.

Consider http://www.wikicities.com/ for projects like these. --brion 20:13, 9 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikitheme

Significant support

Economic/practical ideas

share ideas and coordinate their implementation

WikiPatents

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: (How do I do that?:)
  • Naming suggestions: WikiPatents and OpenPatents
  • Domain name: wikipatents.org or openpatents respectively
  • Scope: A wiki for patents, which people want to keep availible to the public - Providing proof of their existance before any other registration attempt. As well as, serving as a listing of availible methods and so on...
  • Details: WikiPatents
  • Proposer: santa c
  • People interested joining:
    • User:Harshmellow - could be joined with the wikidata proposal? (the one about a free database)
    • Merlin of Eragon
    • User:Centroles
    • User:MHart
    • Bijee 01:18, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) - could not be joined with wikidata, as wikidata scope is "covers all types structured data"
    • --Quasipalm 15:00, 3 August 2005 (UTC) A great idea. It should be apart from wikidata, as this website would be created with the intention of creating a record of public patents, so that anything added to this site would be non-patentable. This is really needed in todays patent-happy world. --Quasipalm 15:00, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Cmadler

Wikineur

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [14] and [15]
  • Naming suggestions: Wikineur
  • Domain name: wikineur.org (suggested)
  • Scope: Wikineur is a resource for entrepreneurs answering the following questions: what sort of business should they start; how do they go about running a businesss of that nature; and how should they calculate what to charge so that the business will be sustainable?
  • Details: Wikineur
  • Proposer: Gavin Chait 30 January 2005 (revision)
  • People interested joining:
    • User:Harshmellow - great! could be joined with wikiproducts proposal and wikibooks for detailing down information. Maybe could be a section of a very wide joining of "Share your Idea" and wikidata proposal too. In fact, this all joining up could be another unification proposal??
    • User:Alex3917 - I fully support this project
    • User:noclip - I too would be very much interested in this project
  • Relevant links:

Trade Standard

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [16]
  • Naming suggestions: Trade Standard
  • Domain name: tradestandard.org
  • Scope: International Knowledge & Evaluation Platform for Goods, Technology & Trade

!!! a project that can lead the Wikipedia model to the level of global civil governance !!!

  • Details: Trade Standard
  • Proposer: Erik Koopman 18:58, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • People interested joining:
    • --Oshani 12:58, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC) I already started something like that in Hebrew. I think its a very important project. Eirk, if you would like to try and start something like that out of the WikiMedia site, please E-mail me!
    • User:Centroles - Great altruistic idea.
    • Lucidish Brilliant idea.
  • Relevant links: Trade Label, Work plan and design for an ethic product label and market verification system for food, goods, products and services

Wikitrade

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: None yet
  • Naming suggestions: Wikitrade, Wikibusiness, Wikifinance, Wikicommerce, Wikonomics
  • Domain name: http://www.wikitrade.org/ (Suggestion)
  • Scope: This would be a website devoted to, as the title suggests, global trade and business. This would not be a site mainly for business news, mostly for information about commerce, both as a resource for investors, journalists, and whoever wants information about corporations and business. Maybe it could incorporate the goals of Wikiproducts, Wikineur, and Trade Standard in one place. I believe the focus of the site would be wide enough to be viable. Obviously there are websites with a similar focus out there, the difference with Wikitrade would be that it would be from a NPOV.
  • Details: Wikitrade
  • Proposer: Ce garcon 10:20, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:

Databases

Wikidata

WikiChem

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [18]
  • Naming suggestions: WikiChem, Wi-Chem-Pedia
  • Domain name: http://chem.wikipedia.org/
  • Scope: A chemical database similar to the en:Merck Index.
  • Details: Working title
  • Proposer: User:4.27.237.116 00:11, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC), email at veritosproject AT gmail DOT com
  • People interested joining:
    • Good idea, but needs a better working title, WikiChem is kind of hard to pronounce (2 hard k (k and ch) sounds in a row)Lewis1350 (talk | @) 21:56, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC)
    • In favor : I would propose Wikicompound, Wikimol or Wikistry for titles for this project. Lincher 18:08, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • user:zanimum However, why not just make it part of Wikipedia? This is all encyclopedic content.
  • Relevant links:

Wikiproducts

  • Mailing list link : []
  • Naming suggestions : ??
  • Domain name: ?
  • Scope : A wiki for information about specific products : software packages, phones, pens, lamps, windows, computerss, flooring -- by model and distributor, covering official instructions, reviews, tips, updates, common problems, links to help forums.
  • Details: Wikiproducts
  • Proposer: +sj+
  • People interested joining:
  • Comments:
    • This proposition should be merged with wikidata. --194.100.190.241 12:13, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Creative writing / fiction

Wikifiction

Link to request on mailing list: [19] Naming suggestions: Wikifiction

  • Domain name: en.wikifiction.org
  • Scope: This will be a wiki that will allow numerous users to collobarate to create extensive works of fiction such as movie scripts or novels.
  • Details: Wikidea Wikifiction Note: I didn't create Wikifiction. I encountered it after creating this proposal and noticed that it was similar to mine so I added to it.
  • Proposer: User:Vikram Vaka
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikifiction
b:Ardvark the Aardvark (fictional content that should be transwikied to a project like this that is already written) (Subject to VfD vote on Wikibooks, so don't think you can write another one on Wikibooks yourself and get away with it).
older project: WikiWrite
  • Link to proposal on mailing list: wikiwrite@googlegroups.com
  • Naming suggestions: WikiWrite
  • Domain name: N/A
  • E-Mail: matthew@kemph.com
  • Scope: An attempt to bring together authors from across the Globe to co-write the first book structured from a simple outline and set string of characters. Think of the world writing the first book. Of course, strict guidelines to run by, but a tough task to pull off. I think it could be done with some help.
  • Details: WikiWrite
  • Proposer: Kemph
  • People interested joining:

WikiScores

  • Link to request on mailing list: Yet to be sent.
  • Naming suggestions: WikiScores, WikiSheets, WikiMusic, WikiNotes
  • Domain name: wikiscores.org (wikisheets.org, wikimusic.org)
  • Scope: A collection of sheet music which is in the public domain, or that people have scored themselves. Would need a scoring language/interface.
  • Details: WikiScores
  • Proposer: Phauna
  • People interested joining:
    • --Member 9 July 2005 00:39 (UTC) nice idea, it could have an impact as big as Wikipedia
    • ErezSegal an excellent idea. must have uniqe format for scoring.
    • Phauna, CdaMVvWgS
    • Splat
    • Zhaladshar
    • +sj+ - should start out as a wikibook
    • Brigand - Why not use MIDI?
    • Christiaan - oh yes please, this is something I could get my technophobic mother into (she's a music teacher)
    • I like the idea :-) Anthere 23:30, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Lazylemon 11:43, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • 83.64.122.86 - Great idea, already reality in wikibooks (eg. recipes)
    • Jaberwocky6669 17:46, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Starwiz 22:51, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC) Desperately needed, although it could be incorporated into Wikisource with enough work.
    • Jun-Dai 17:54, 3 May 2005 (UTC) I would only be truly interested in this if the scores were stored in Lilypond (which still needs help as far as piano scores are concerned) or something similar, with multiple output formats. I'm not so interested in a wiki that merely collects PDFs or PS documents.[reply]
    • --Sterio 20:14, 3 May 2005 (UTC) I'd be really interested in participating in something like this. I find it hard to imagine how it'd work, but I think it's a great idea.[reply]
    • Jbmccoy 15:54, 17 June 2005 (UTC) I'd love to take part in something like this. I don't see why a unique new score format is necessary - could something like MusicML be used for this? MIDI is IMO completely inappropriate - no score or layout information can be stored in a MIDI file.[reply]
    • Hoekenheef 13:39, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC) Wonderful idea that would benifet a large portion of the community.
  • Relevant links:
  • Comments:
    • Why couldn't this be part of wikisource? A separate subdomain, maybe, like a new language. I'd say the only thing keeping it from already being part of wikisource is lack of Lilypond support. I support making this part of Wikisource rather than having it stand on its own. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 16:47, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

New requests

WikiMemory

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [20]
  • Naming suggestions: Wikimemoir, wikimemory, wixperience, IWasTherewiki
  • Domain name: http://en.wikimemory.org/
  • Scope: The idea is to provide a place where anyone can record his or her memoirs of historically significant events. Most everyone has participated in such occurrences. Take, for example, the hundreds of thousands who suffered during the tragedy in New Orleans. Unfortunately, there is no repository for the storage of the memories of such people. Their experiences can neither be shared with others today (I, for one, would like to read first-hand accounts of the New Orleans floods), and they will be lost to history tomorrow. In ten, one hundred or one thousand years, the memoirs of those “who were there” will be very valuable. Wikimemory will, I hope, allow people all over the world to record their experiences, share them with others, and pass them to the future. I've created a mock-up of the site at http://memoirbank.com/. A nice tag line for the site: "Everyone has a story. Make yours history."
  • Details: Wikimemory
  • Proposer:Marshall Poe 6:11pm EST; September 14, 2005
  • Relevant links:
  • People interested joining: CountessDeSaks, CowboyJeddie

Comments

  • What is the advantage of having a wiki for this? Why would people want their memoirs to be publicly editable? Wouldn't a system where each person could enter text and no one else could change that be better? See the BBC People's War site, for example. Angela 22:23, 15 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • As proposer, I sort of agree with Angela and think we should seriously consider allowing memoir writers to lock their memoirs. This would preserve their integrety. We could still allow all users to add and edit meta-content (e.g., historical information about the context of the memoir, criticism of the veracity of the memoir, etc.). On the other hand, for all I know people will not care if their memoirs are editable. Neither do I know if there will be a lot of vandalism (harmful editing of memoirs). We might just have to see. I've given up on predicting human behavior!Marshall Poe
  • I like the idea of having people's memiors of events on a wiki. Sometimes you'll get these great stories from your grandmother, and she says that they happened 50years ago, when in fact they happened only 25years ago. Old people have a hard time remembering dates... it's better to have parts of the memoir changable.

WikiDocumentary

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [21]
  • Naming suggestions: -
  • Domain name: -
  • Scope: ¡Video & audio! Documentary films. Piensa a lo grande, actúa a lo grande.
  • Details:
  • Proposer: David, Spain.
  • People interested joining:

WikiMaps

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [22]
  • Naming suggestions: WikiMaps, WikiPlanet, WikiEarth
  • Domain name: http://en.wikimaps.org/, http://de.wikimaps.org, etc.
  • Scope: This project will alllow users to add language specific names for all the various places and locations on Earth in their own languages, and generate maps in the requested language. Say you want a map of England, and you view it in English. Then, change the language, and the names change to the German names, or French, or Dutch, etc. It would simply require a database of the place names and a user selection of the display language on the map. The user could choose to view the various political divisions of a country by clicking on them on the map, which would send the user to another map (of that political division), with links to wikipedia information on that division.
  • Details:
  • Proposer: --66.177.127.7 02:11, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • People interested joining:

Star Wars Wiki

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [23]
  • Naming suggestions: WikiWars, Star Wars Wiki
  • Domain name:
  • Scope: This project will alllow users to add information from the vast collection of data on Star Wars onto one wiki. Everything on Star Wars on one site.
  • Details: Star Wars Wiki
  • Proposer: God Atum 10.02, 24 Jun (GMT)
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links

Star Wars Wiki in French / Star Wars Wiki en Français

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [24]
  • Naming suggestions: fr.WikiWars, Star Wars Wiki
  • Domain name:
  • Scope: This project will alllow French users to add information from the vast collection of data on Star Wars onto one wiki. Everything on Star Wars in French on one site / Ce projet permettra aux utilisateurs francophones d'ajouter des informations a propos de l'infini univers de Star Wars sur Wiki. Tout sur Star Wars en français sur un site.
  • Details:
  • Proposer: Dark Maul 3.30, 11 August(GMT)
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links

Faith Wiki

(Already exists at Wikicities:c:Religion)

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [25]
  • Naming suggestions: Faith Wiki, Religion Wiki, WikiBelief
  • Domain name: en.faithwiki.org
  • Scope: This project would encompass all religions present and past. History, sacred text (ie. Bible, Quran, Book of Kells, etc.), beliefs, leaders, and essays.
  • Details: Faith Wiki
  • Proposer: Sean A. Turvey U.E. 05:07, 16 Jun (UTC)
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:
  • Comments: This already exists at Wikicities:c:Religion. Angela 05:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • I like this idea a lot. Along with genealogy and cooking, this is a core area of collaborative study that has fascinated people for millennia, and is deserving of focused encyclopedic treatment -- and probably deserving of its own project, as it will require different NOR, POV, and trolling policies. +sj | Translate the Quarto |+ 07:14, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)


On Wiktionary we already have many religious words with some explanation. With the Ultimate Wiktionary it will be even better possible to share the words and the meaning of religious concepts.
Many of the Wikipedia do not have proper articles about the topics that are relevant to religion. I am of the opinion that as long as you have not described what meanings are given to words, you cannot discuss the subject properly. So my arguments is, first get our house in order, define the words/concepts both lexicologically and encyclopedically and when that has been done, it is soon enough to start discussing this within the WMF. GerardM 13:41, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews Network

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: (none)
  • Naming suggestions: WikiNews Network
  • Domain name: en.wnn.wikinews.org
  • Scope: Audio version of Wikinews
  • Details: WikiNews Network
  • Proposer: Ryan524 05:40, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links: WikiNews Network
  • Comments: I support this idea, but I don't know if Wikinews Network needs to be listed as a new project proposal when it could simply be regarded as an extension to Wikinews in the same way WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia is an extension of Wikipedia. Angela 05:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • I also don't see why this needs to be its own new project. Try this out by generating regular podcasts and hosting them on Wikinews; and then think about extending the concept to a streaming server, with its own issues of how-to-be-wiki. +sj | Translate the Quarto |+ 07:15, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
To answer concerns over whether or not this project should be given its own wiki, we have set up a test wiki that eventually allow users to upload files to a playlist. -- NGerda 8 July 2005 21:11 (UTC)
  • I ran this idea by Eloquence, the proposer of wikinews, he said it would be best if it were on wikimedia servers and we should probably go though this process.--Ryan524 8 July 2005 18:15 (UTC)
    • I don't remember saying Wikinews Network should be proposed as a separate project, no. I did say that a separate Wikiradio project that has a lot of content beyond news should be proposed separately.---Eloquence
  • Before I dissent, let me explain that I support the ideal of a source for free webcasting as a concept. In the past, I was even a professional Internet webcasting journalist before the dot-com bust all but decimated webcasting in 2001-2002. But,even though I am a cheerleader of the concept, I'm not sure wiki is the appropriate way to do this. My concern is that the end product is not wiki-based and I am doubtful that it falls under the aegis of the Wikimedia Foundation's goals; namely, "goals of the foundation are to maintain and develop free-content, wiki-based projects..." (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/About_Wikimedia#The_goals_of_the_foundation) I have a thorough understanding of the technology used in the creation of audio (and video) product and personally oversaw the creation of more than 50,000 such broadcassts professionally. I am confident when I say the recording, editing and presentation of the audio product definitely does not and cannot use wiki technology; the audio, once completed, is not easy for any listener to edit, improve, move or change at will using their browser or wiki-editing tools provided on the site. The hallmark of a Wikimedia Foundation project is that it uses wiki. With current wiki code, that means text-based product. Davodd | Talk 18:16, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • This would make an ideal new project, but probably on Wikicities considering Davodd's comments. It doesn't sit very happily on Wikinews itself as the WNN concept is not very-wiki like, and really it's just too different to what Wikinews is about and what it does. Dan100 08:30, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki social networks

  • Naming suggestions: Wikster
  • Domain name: wikster.org (suggestion)
  • Scope: Personal webpages with links to other wikster pages
  • Comments: A good idea that would most likely get my support, but I believe the name would have to be changed so as not to violate any copyrights with Friendster. -Martinman11 13:36, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Wikiteach

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: Wikiteach
  • Domain name: wikiteach.org, wikiteach.com
  • Scope: Wikiteach is a proposed encyclopedia of classroom lesson plans.
  • Details: Wikiteach
  • Proposer: Chris Fallis
  • People interested joining:

This seems like it could be made a natural part of Wikiversity. -- Beland 08:30, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This exists already. It's called Wikiversity.

Wiki Trivia

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: -None yet-
  • Naming suggestions: WikiTriva and WikiFacts
  • Domain name: WikiTriva.org or WikiFacts.org respectively. Where the sub domain could either represent the difficulty (easy.wikitrivia.org) or the main catagory (genetics.wikitrivia.org).
  • Scope: A facts listing in the form of Qs and As and possibly articles to more detiled information on other wiki if such information exists with keywords. A playing page might be a nice idea but should serve mainly as a source for other application to retrive data from. Might also benifit if a quick way to enter facts is introduced (To use for ex with a firefox plug-in).
  • Details: WikiTrivia
  • Proposer: santa c
  • People interested joining:
    • -Maybe you? ;)-
    • Merlin of Eragon: I think this is an excellent idea!!!!!
    • 24.65.22.111 03:19, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC) sounds fun



Wikilabs

Wikments

  • Link to request on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: Wikments
  • Domain name: wikments.org (suggestion)
  • Scope: Free documents created by contributers (Also content-based separation of Wikibooks)
  • Details: Wikments
  • Proposer: PiaCarrot
  • People interested joining:
    • Merlin of Eragon


Symbolwiki

Wikireview

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: not available yet
  • Naming suggestions: Wikireview, Wikipinions
  • Domain name: wikireview.org, wikipinions.org
  • Scope: People reviewing generally anything, whether it be books, computer games, music, or any of the like. Possibly help people in making decisions based on people's experience.
  • Details: Wikireview
  • Proposer: Messedrocker
  • People interested joining:
    • Technogiddo- wonderful idea, this is exactly what wiki comunities need. The sooner we have a wikireview up and runing the better!
    • Jonathan Kovaciny - I think Wikipinions would be a popular wiki site. Like epinions.com but better.
    • Garrett 03:13, 18 September 2005 (UTC) It could become just like epinions--except the crappy/biased reviews could be fixed! Garrett 03:13, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

TLDPWiki

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: TLDPWiki, LinuxWiki, WinuxDocs, WikinuxDocs, Wikidocs
  • Domain name:
  • Scope: The idea is to extend The Linux Documentation Project, and make it a contribution based information site, much like how Wikipedia is. Allowing documentation to be contributed by all, and helping others to easily figure out and solve Linux-related problems would be extremely useful. I know that many people spend a lot of time looking for information on fixing stuff for Linux, and I would like to provide a central repository for people to contribute how to fix stuff. Installing DNS servers and such can be contributed by several authors, remarking their personal experiences on different systems. I know that after spending countless hours trying to install or fix a problem, it would have been nice for me to find a single page telling how to fix it, rather than looking at strange sites, sites of different language, sites which are designed for functionality presentation, rather than useful presentation. This includes broken links, out of date links, missing files, etc.
  • Details:
  • Proposer: AllyUnion 13:55, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • People interested joining:
    • User:Centroles - Brilliant idea. Open source coding through an open website like wikipedia would be brilliant.
  • Relevant links:

The linuxquestions.org wiki seems to be growing at a fair pace, and it has a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. A Wikimedia Foundation wiki with the same mission would be a duplication of effort. I would encourage interested parties to contribute to the linuxquestions.org wiki. It might actually be a good idea to encourage the other sites listed above to merge content, or in the case of the static sites, to wikify their content. There are a number of technical and licensing issues, of course. -- Beland 22:00, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikicode

Wikibuilder

  • Link to request on mailing list: [29]
  • Naming suggestions: Wikibuilder, Wikiconstruct, Wikiarchitect
  • Domain name: wikibuilder.org, wikiconstruct.org, Wikiarchitect.org, (all available)
  • Scope: Knowledge base covering the design and construction of the built environment
  • Details: Wikibuilder
  • Proposer: Christiaan - 22:08, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • People interested joining:

Wikisports

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: Wikisports
  • Domain name:
  • Scope: Covering every sport played around the world from every country where the sports popular, covered in such a way that all nationalities are represented.
  • Details: Working title
  • Proposer:jdl32579
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:
  • Comments:

Kiwipedia

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [30]
  • Naming suggestions:
  • Domain name: Try putting it on Wikipedia as nz.en.wikipedia.org
  • Scope: Kiwipedia will be an encyclopedia in English and Maori. It will mainly deal with New Zealand topics, and international topics will be written from a New Zealand point of view. Only New Zealand spellings (words like color are spelt with a u, -ise is always used, etc.) can be used in the English version.
  • Details: Kiwipedia
  • Proposer: Scott Gall 09:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:
There is already a mi:Hau_Kāinga. Wikipedia is organised by language and a combined Maori and English wikipedia is not what would comply with how we do things. GerardM 20:55, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe some local organization from New Zealand could be willing to host this proposed project. However, I think Wikimedia should not. Arbeo 13:50, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WikiDiabetes

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions:WikiDiabetes
  • Domain name:
  • Scope: Seeing all the complications and all the wrong information around this subject I wonder if some physicians can join with me to bring basic information, to prevent and to delay complications. We can also talk about obesity, hypertension etc. I have this project on my own at my domain, but I want to offer this to you. WikiDiabetes
  • Details: WikiDiabetes
  • Proposer:alanfl
  • People interested joining: Me
  • Relevant links:
  • Comments:
    • Medical information should only be provided by a trained specialist, imho. I think this could be a potentially dangerous project. --Quasipalm 15:05, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • All wikipedia sites have the potential for misinformation. I see the problem in reverse. I think the Wiki environment will lack credibility about medical issues. That said, as long as the information is cited and well intentioned, a regular network of contributors should be able to eliminate any problems. --203.79.121.31 11:05, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]


I think it is a great idea. I have been thinking of a similar Wiki for something else. See also PLoS ( an open source journal) for comments by Dan Hoch who is an assistant professor of Neurology, on epilepsy sufferers sharing their Know How.

There is also the Medical Bookon Wikibooks which is being compiled as I type... but that will probable get swamped by professional opinion rather than what really matters to the individual. Might be best to construct a wiki to suit yourselves. --Aspro 23:27, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is a new mailing list to discuss this type of project. See [31]. Angela 21:47, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikirec

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: Wikirec
  • Domain name: Wikirec.org
  • Scope: Wiki for outdoor recreation activities and locations.
  • Details: See Wikirec
  • Proposer: Mountainmantis
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:

Wikiproofs

  • Link to request on mailing list: none yet
  • Naming suggestions: Wikiproofs
  • Domain name: www.wikiproofs.org (suggestion)
  • Scope: Many mathematical proofs are so important or instructive that they deserve inclusion in general wikipedia articles. However, it would be inappropriate if wikipedia articles were to become cumbersome and clumsy due to the presence of proofs everywhere. Moreover, the purpose of wikipedia articles is primarily expository and didactic, not a Bourbaki-style presentation of results in a tangled network of logical dependencies. However, such a network of results and proofs may be of interest and use to working mathematicians and other scientists and philosophers.
  • Details: Wikiproofs
  • Proposer: Revolver email: revolXXXverATfastXXXmail.fm (omit XXX's and replace AT with @)
  • People interested joining:
Revolver
DDPAlphaTiger1 10:51, 25 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Very interessting proposal. If it is accepted I'll greatly help.
Technogiddo -Wikiproofs could be a wonderful source of information.
Splat
Wikiproofs would indeed be a wonderful addition to the wikimedia family.
Nyarlathotep
DRMacIver

Wikibio / Wikigeo

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: [32]
  • Naming suggestions:Wikibio, WikiGeo, and Wikiart.
  • Domain name: please propose (description for now in my user page)
  • Scope: mainly, a biographical compendium. also, Geographical and Art related projects would be interesting
  • Details: Wikiography / Wikibio
  • Proposer:MethodicEvolution
  • People interested joining:
    • Subatai baadur
  • Relevant links:please see my user page for an explination MethodicEvolution 01:04, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This seems entirely redundant with Wikipedia. -- Beland 08:30, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WikiLaw

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: (As soon as I am admitted as a member of foundation-l, i'll send an email.)
  • Naming suggestions: WikiLegal, WikiLaw, LegalWiki
  • Domain name: http://law.wiki.org/
  • Scope: A wiki for legal research. Specifically for articles on legal concepts and legal decisions.
  • Details: Wikilaw
  • Proposer: soren9580 13:20, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • People interested in joining:
    • +sj+ - should start as a wikibook
    • User:Davodd - I am 100% in support of a free alternative to current commercial sites.
    • Merlin of Eragon
    • Subatai_baadur
    • User:Allenh - I like the basic idea, but my suggestion is to make it more like a legal digest. It would be easy for attorneys and law students to list such rules and there is nothing equivalent out there.
  • Relevant Links:

WikiCurrency

WikiMusic

  • Link to request on mailing list: Coming soon (waiting for the message to go through)
  • Naming suggestions: WikiMusic, WikiLyrics
  • Domain name: music.wikipedia.org
  • Scope: A place to put mainly song lyrics and music (notes, guitar tabs, etc) and possibly discussion on songs, albums, and artists. (note: this would not be a place for illegal music sharing)
  • Details: WikiMusic
  • Proposer: user:andy753421 andy753421@gmail.com
  • People interested in joining:
    • User:dragonstongue2000 - There needs to be a place on the internet to get free sheet music.
    • Solarusdude - If you've ever been a regular visitor of a website that publishes lyrics for thousands of songs (ie Leo's Lyrics), you know that there are inaccurate entries and popular songs missing altogether. In the case of Leo's Lyrics, users can enter new lyrics into the database, but they cannot be changed later. Meaning that if someone enters lyrics that are inaccurate, you're stuck with them. As a result, there will be a lot of repeat entries for songs with conflicting lyrics. One thing that I like about Leo's Lyrics is that users can comment on songs, such as their interpretation of the lyrics and how the song is important to them. I believe this is something that can be done on a Wiki platform and I strongly suggest that Wikimedia initate a project that archives musical lyrics. I suggest that it be called, "WikiLyrics"

WikiSuite

  • Link to proposal on mailing list: Not yet posted
  • Naming suggestions:
    • Mediator (from Mediawiki Editor) - boring...
    • wikeditor (wikedit seems to be used already by a wiki system called twiki)
    • feel free to come up with names that sound more interesting...
  • Domain name: n.A.
  • Scope:
    • External, simple wiki viewer/editor.
    • Runs on remote host and connects to wikis to retrieve or send information.
  • Details: WikiSuite
  • Proposer: Marius Treitz
  • People interested joining:
    • None

WikiStats

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: WikiStats
  • Domain name: WikiStats.org
  • Scope: A wiki for all kinds of statistics, like population of a country/state/province/city, GDP of a country, trade deficit/surplus of a country, all kind of stats per capita, websites per country...the latest statistics on any topic really. But not only the latest statistics, maybe also statistics from 50 years ago or in year xxxx, because for example the population of a country fluctuates and also surely the GDP of the US or EU was different in 1999 quarter 3 than in 2005 quarter 1. Graphs could be added, future projections, explanations about why a certain statistic varies more than another(anomalies) etc etc. Things like export/import amounts in numbers and currency, for example the US uses xxxx amount of oil per year which is x amount of money and xx% of the total world usage. Or for example the way budgets of countries are setup, for example the US spending 15 billion dollars on NASA in 2004 and xx billion on education and x billion on research and how this compares in graphs and percentages to eachother and how this compares to other countries like for example New Zealand or economic blocks like the EU etc. But one can also show statistics of companies, for example Sony earns so and so much and produces this much and has x employees and it's shareprice is currently xx etc. Really all sorts of statistics could be possible(preferably as detailed as possible), it doesn't have to nessecarily be limited to official statistics like the ones mentioned above, but also less serious statistics like number of ice creams sold in year xxxx in country x or even funny or crazy statistics so readers could compare things like that. Being able to compare things could be a powerful feature, though probably not every statistic lends itself to be compared. Comparing in graphs would also be a powerful feature and ranking lists would also be very powerful.(for example ranking on largest GDP, population, icecreams sold, oil usage, number of companies, money spent on research per capita etc)
  • Details: WikiStats
  • Proposer:
  • People interested joining:
  • Relevant links:
  • Note: This should be under 6.2x, not 6.26.1 could someone please correct that? After that this note can be deleted.
  • Comment: See also WikiData for a similar project. --Roberth 03:35, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibrains

  • Link to request on mailing list: N/A
  • Naming suggestions: Wikibrains, Wikiplex
  • Domain name: <lang>.wikibrains.org, <lang>.wikiplex.org
  • Scope: This brain mapping wiki is intended to offer to the wiki users the means to associate their interests with the information posted in the various wiki projects. It will work as an online bookmark system to the casual wiki user, and as an advanced management tool for the wiki contributors.
  • Details: Wikibrains
  • Proposer: Robert Panduru
  • People interested joining: N/A
  • Relevant links:

WikiGameGuides

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: WikiGameGuides, Wikiguides
  • Domain name: games.wikimedia.org
  • Scope: video and computer games
  • Details: Basically, WikiGameGuides would be a collection for cheats and guides for video games. As we know, there are sites like GameFAQs, but many guides are heavily copyrighted, leaving very little room for open-content material. WikiGameGuides could change all that.
  • Potential supporters: Garrett 03:30, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Relevant links: GameFAQs

Hello, I am Ixfd64 from the English Wikipedia. I didn't feel like registering an account just to post this. Anyways, this is basically only my rough proposal. I don't know if it would be a good idea. Please leave comments on my Wikipedia talk page.

Comment: There is already something similar on Wikicities called Gameinfo. This currently aims to achieve that goal, albeit not being a sister project. There is also the similar Open Game FAQs. I'd support such a project of course but I'm not sure it's that necessary. There is some talk of moving game guides off of Wikibooks and onto Wikicities, but if there was instead a "true" sister project to shift to I'd be all for it. Basically what I'm saying is I think the project is unnecessary with the wikicity and all BUT if this is going to get the go-ahead you can count me in. Garrett 03:30, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WikiSolver

  • Link to proposal on mailing list:
  • Naming suggestions: wikisolver
  • Domain name: www.wikisolver.org
  • Scope: problems, solutions, errors, experiences, case base, empirism
  • Details:

wikisolver is a very large community for providing and improving solution by empirical and reallife methods (essay/error/success).

Wikisolver is a case database : an encyclopedia of situations and envents, extract from reallife. The main part of the actual wikipedia is theorical content, formal knowledge, rules. So, we don't know exactly how to use this knwoledge.

Often, to use knowledge in real life, people need situated and fonctionnal knowledge, to link knowledge with the real situation, his situation.

For example, when you want to use in your job, and not to learn as at school, the description of the general situation is to poor in details : you need to know what to do. You'll need some critical, specific and pertinent situations, as yours, and our attitude or solution in this specific context.

Then, when you write a case, you're not obliged to write many formal knowledges and many rules, you just have to describe finely what's occured : sometime you don't know exactly how and why you obtain a very good or a very bad result, but you obtained it ! Do you need to learn many books for providing your knowledge ? No... You will write the specific context of the situation, with all is richness, your initial focus, the specific result, the historic of your method, and the relevant degree of this result : best solution, very relevant alternative, possible, error, big error, criticial error. Then you can write you reasoning to find your solution too. This is a real knowledge database built on people real life experiment.

In a second time, you have to link and categorize these cases, to link your case to general knowledge in classic wikipedia.

In a third time, a people who is confronted to a similar situation could use your solution. If she had the same reslut, a better result, a bad result, she could write it, and she explain the differences with the initial context. If she decide to inprove your solution, she write how, why and the real result obtained.

Case base is a "rich" and usefull form of knowledge database.

Comment:

Stand-alone WikiEditor

Easy Free Open source Stand alone application like Yahoo SiteBuilder or Microsoft Frontpage for editing and upload article using wiki Markup Language

Comment: [Found this stranded up in the title, with no metainfo =)]

Comment: [Apologies if this is elsewhere, my goal was to get it off the title, without throwing it away]

Comment: Perhaps a MSWord/OpenOffice Template would work.

IRC rules

A new proposal to establish a set of rules regarding the IRC Channels.

Old proposals

If you are thinking about making a new proposal, please check to see if a similar idea has been previously proposed.

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