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Regarding a reduced scope to MediaWiki: I am not in favor of it. But we could emphasise MediaWiki in the description. I think the problem is attention, not the scope of the site (at least not at this time). We need to somehow catapult us out of the Valley of No Attention. – WikiSpeedia hang-around Sep 19 '10 at 21:08

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Everybody see if you can contact the folks on this site wikipatterns.com to see if there's a pocket of wiki people there, I'll take the a's – leeand00 Mar 24 at 15:33

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This proposal is now in the Commitment phase — example questions are locked!

81 Example Questions (9 closed)

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added by Wikis Jul 17 '10 at 7:41

	Or "How can I start a wiki at my company?" (rephrase to catch Googlers). – Wikis Aug 24 '10 at 18:58
	Part of this is e.g. how to convince management of the worth of a wiki. – Wikis Aug 24 '10 at 19:00

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added by MatthewMartin, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 21 '10 at 9:45

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added by Wikis Jul 17 '10 at 7:42

By this a wiki champion is someone who will promote the concept (often in a company) and get people enthusiastic and using it. They will convince management of its worth and will often moderate it (at least in the early stages). – Wikis Aug 24 '10 at 19:00

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added by Wikis Jul 17 '10 at 7:45

	This sounds more like a subjective discussion question with no true clear answer. – Mark Rogers Jan 4 '11 at 19:05
	@Mark - well, this was intended to be a newbie question on the subject of wikis generally. Why subjective? I think there are objective answers like, "easy to roll back vandalism". – Wikis Jan 4 '11 at 20:27

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added by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 19 '10 at 22:19

OK, this is one of the dreaded "list of X" questions. To what degree should they be allowed here? For instance, are they acceptable if the requirements for the thing(s) being looked for are sufficiently specific? – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 19 '10 at 22:30

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added by Mark Gibaud Feb 14 '11 at 11:48

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added by mor22, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Feb 23 '11 at 17:51

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added by paulmorriss Jul 28 '10 at 9:35

closed as off topic by warren, Webber, Rasmus, Simon Brown, Sam Erde Sep 1 '10 at 15:52

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

I think that is off-topic. Comments? – Wikis Jul 28 '10 at 9:47

I think it's on topic. – Louis Rhys Dec 27 '10 at 2:56

@Louis - can you explain why? – Wikis Jan 15 '11 at 8:16

Because there is Wikipedia which covers just about erverything,. – Benny Jan 16 '11 at 6:35

@Benny - Wikipedia covers a lot but from its own perspective. There are others e.g. wikicars.org/en/Main_Page – Wikis Jan 16 '11 at 7:30

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added by Jenko Jan 14 '11 at 21:26

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added by Edward Jan 14 '11 at 21:41

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added by Errant Jan 24 '11 at 14:27

The question is off topic. It should be turn into : how do I use my book, thesis or article to contribute to Wikipedia in respects with the guidelines. – M'vy Mar 1 '11 at 16:55