If Wikipedia can implement the things I talked about so far (topic-specific
chat rooms, forums, topic-specific resource announcement and discovery)
right on wikipedia.org, then certainly it's the most ideal solution. But as
Thomas Dalton said, if Wikimedia Foundation continues to take a "purist"
stance and only wants to build the encyclopedia itself and ignores the
wonderful potential of Wikipedia as a global infrastructure for topic-based
communication (unlike "friend-based communication" like social networks)
and topic-based resource sharing (e.g. announcing or finding products,
books, jobs, etc. for a specific topic), then we have to implement all this
on a separate website or as a separate program ("Wikipedia Explorer").On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Gregory Varnum <ad...@wikiqueer.org> wrote: > I tend to agree that MW focus should be on the web applications - > including mobile. However a free (and ad-free) third-party Adobe AIR app > that integrates new web features with services offered by other sites in > ways not otherwise allowed by WMF policies - might be interesting for folks > that enjoy browsers like Flock and such (which I know is a surprisingly > large audience) > > I'm not personally that socially oriented (beyond sharing things on FB, > Twitter and G+) - so chat and such wouldn't interest me personally. As far > as the app experience, I do occasionally use Mac OS X Dictionary's ability > to browse Wikipedia from time to time. That pretty much fills that void > for me the few times a year I feel it. > > -greg aka varnent > > > > On Dec 27, 2011, at 4:15 PM, John Du Hart wrote: > > > I personally would prefer to see such new features added directly to > > Wikipedia instead of focusing on another product. Remember, this is 2012, > > we don't need dedicated software for most things anymore. > > > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Yao Ziyuan <yaoziy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Remember there was MSN Explorer (desktop software) that let you browse > MSN > >> and use MSN services such as Hotmail? > >> > >> Remember Google Earth (desktop software) that lets you browse the Earth > and > >> provides additional services based on the Earth? > >> > >> We can also make a "Wikipedia Explorer" (desktop software) that lets you > >> browse Wikipedia AND provides an added layer that enables users to: > >> > >> * Chat/discuss with other users interested in the same topic (Wikipedia > >> article). > >> * Announce/find resources related to a topic (products, books, jobs, > >> anything). > >> * More. > >> > >> I intend to see such a "Wikipedia Explorer" developed, or personally > >> develop it. Any comments? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> foundation-l mailing list > >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
