to Wikiversity or not to Wikiversity? Vote now. October 25, 2005
Posted by Andy Roberts in : learning, Wiki , trackbackI noted with interest when the Wikiversity project started up last year some time, wondering how quickly it would develop, and if the emphasis entirely on content rather than process ( roughly an opposite position to that taken by Ultraversity ) would prove problematic. Now it seems there is a need for a vote in order to justify the very existence of the project amongst wikimedians. I haven’t been following the debate and I may be incorrect in surmising that the essential question seems to revolve around whether the wikiversity is a premature distration from the wikibooks project, or a larger project which will encompass wikibooks within it. It’s always interesting to see how people attempt to constitute rules for online voting though.
Voting rules:
1. Voting starts on 15 September 2005 at 00:00 UTC. You can still translate the voting instructions and the proposal page into other languages after the start of voting.
2. To vote, you need a registered account here on Meta with a link on your meta user page to the user page on the wiki you edit most.
3. Voting will end on 1 November 2005 at 00:00 UTC (voting may be extended one week if deemed necessary).
4. The proposal needs a two thirds (2/3) super-majority in favor in order to be passed to the board for consideration to start as a beta project (the higher the support, the shorter the ensuing beta period will be).
5. If, after one week of voting, there is more than 90% of overall agreement, and more than 10 votes, the project can be launched immediately, pending approval of the Foundation board.
6. NOTE: This is a vote to determine if Wikiversity should be started as a Wikimedia project at all in any language. Whether or not Wikiversity will be started in your language will be determined separately if this vote succeeds and if the board approves the project.
You can only vote once. Please read the full Wikiversity proposal before voting. You can ask questions about Wikiversity on the #Wikiversity IRC channel (irc.freenode.net). If this vote is successful and the board approves the creation of this project, then de.wikiversity.org and en.wikiversity.org will be launched as experimental pilots. After 6 months the board will review the progress of these pilots and determine if they should become beta projects, shut down, or if the pilot period should be extended. If the board approves Wikiversity as a beta project, then at that point other language versions could be launched as betas. Existing Wikiversity projects in languages other than English and German will continue on Wikibooks as a temporary home, and development can continue there until after this beta period is over. No new Wikiversity projects should be started in other languages on Wikibooks. During the voting period you may change your vote. If you choose to do so, please remove your previous vote. Voting both yes and no will be removed from both.
Should we launch the Wikiversity project as described on Wikiversity?
Please indicate by your vote if you would be interested in participating in this project
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