Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Ideas by category

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Need people to help make your idea happen? Got skills to share? Below are some ideas in need of particular roles and some people with particular skills. Have a look around and consider joining with other people and ideas to create active collaborations!

Ideas by theme

Administration

These ideas relate to the role of administrators on Wikimedia projects, such as deletion tasks, blocking, or community confidence in administrators.

Demographics

These ideas relate to the representation of contributors based on nationality, race, gender, and other factors.

Personal experience

These ideas are about the individual experiences of contributors on a Wikimedia projects, such as starting a new article, handling a stressful on-wiki situation, or participating in a community discussion.

Statistics

These ideas are about collecting raw data on either a large (all Wikimedia projects) or small (a specific page) scale such as edit count, general participation, or page reverts.

No pages meet these criteria.

Social factors

These ideas are focused on evaluating the interactions that contributors have with each other and people in general related to their editing work. Ideas could involve topics such as the availability of meetups, perceptions about the prevalence of factions of contribtuors, and access to libraries.

Technical access

These ideas are about contributors being able to use Wikimedia software, gadgets, and other features to be able to contribute however they want to, and to do so effectively. Ideas in this category could relate to the ability to report bugs, access to tools, and ability to communicate with developers / tool maintainers.

Off-wiki factors

These ideas relate to evaluating variables that are not closely associated with Wikimedia projects and how they operate, but still affect contributors' ability to participate and volunteer. Some examples include free time, literacy, and internet connectivity.

No pages meet these criteria.

Other

These ideas do not clearly belong in any of the above categories.

No pages meet these criteria.

Uncategorized

These ideas have not yet been categorized.

Ideas by roles needed

These ideas are looking for participants to join in a particular role. You can browse through the following projects to find one that's right for you, then offer to join the idea's team and help turn ideas into action.

Community organizers wanted

Designers wanted

Developers wanted

Project managers wanted

Researchers wanted

No pages meet these criteria.

Volunteers wanted

People

These people have skills that may be useful for particular roles in projects. You can browse through the following profiles to find someone who looks like a good fit, then reach out to them to ask if they'd like to help turn your idea into action.

Community organizing skills offered

Design skills offered

Developer skills offered

Project manager skills offered

Research skills offered