So....how much does it cost to develop and run an entirely new and different type of project? Who develops it? How much would the hosting cost on an ongoing basis? Is this project more important and more needed than an existing project type?
These aren't small questions; they are in fact the questions that need to be asked every time we come up with an idea (no matter how great the idea) for a new project type. Contrary to popular belief, there isn't an unlimited budget, and there aren't unlimited staffing resources for these things. Everything costs real money and the time of real people, and we as a broad community need to be far more cognizant of the limitations of these resources, and the likelihood that the financial situation is not going to change significantly in the coming five years. Personally, I think this is an idea with possibilities, but it is a very expensive one because it will need an entirely different way of operating. So...where would be cut costs to make this possible? Should we close some little-used projects so they no longer draw on our limited pool of resources? Should we cut back on volunteer/community safety and resources? There are always trade-offs. In the WMF annual plan, they talk about some of those trade-offs. This is another one. New, different projects need to be able to justify their cost and existence. In fact, in the not-too-distant future, I can foresee that some minimal-use projects may also have to justify their existence. I am all in favour of being visionary - but I'm also in favour of planting these visions in solid ground. Risker/Anne On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 12:19, Ilario Valdelli <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea. > > Sometimes people need a simple answer. > > At the moment to receive an answer from Wikipedia for some articles people > need a Phd. > > A solution like that can give a smart and quick and understable answer. > > Kind regards > > On Mon, 15 May 2023, 11:48 Adam Sobieski, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Wikimedia, >> >> Per the recent interest in and discussions about artificial intelligence >> in this mailing list, I am pleased to indicate the *Wikianswers* project >> proposal. The proposal describes some approaches for integrating these >> technologies (e.g., multimodal dialogue systems, chatbots, and >> question-answering systems) with existing Wiki platforms. >> >> "Wikianswers would be a large-scale, user-editable cache of multimodal >> answers from artificial intelligence systems, e.g., one or more large >> language models, which tightly integrates with Wikipedia, Wikidata, and >> Commons." >> >> This project proposal is described in more detail here: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikianswers . >> >> Thank you. Please feel free to review the project proposal and to comment >> either here or there with any opinions, questions, feedback, or suggestions. >> >> >> Best regards, >> Adam Sobieski >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/JXYO3QW6QYCBHLS4JOHKPPAIJRPMYO4C/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/5BFKXPFA6NWGBEY26YSBRP3PUNFWW73Y/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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