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==Purposes== | ==Purposes== | ||
The main purposes of Wikimedia Meta-Wiki are to help facilitate: | The main purposes of Wikimedia Meta-Wiki are to help facilitate: | ||
#Discussion and formulation of Wikimedia projects, in particular policy discussion relevant to across projects, such as open-content [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]]. The central venue for discussion is the Wikimedia Forum. Some high-level discussions, held mainly in [[:Category:FoundedIn2009|2009]], were split to [[Wikimedia | #Discussion and formulation of Wikimedia projects, in particular policy discussion relevant to across projects, such as open-content [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]]. The central venue for discussion is the Wikimedia Forum. Some high-level discussions, held mainly in [[:Category:FoundedIn2009|2009]], were split to [[Wikimedia Strategic Planning]] (also known as Strategy Wiki – itself now [[Meta-Wiki:Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Strategy Wiki|closed]]). | ||
#[[:Category:Wiki Multilingual|Interlingual]] (cross-wiki) and international coordination concerning the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia movement in general, including discussion in [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]] other than [[:Category:Wiki English|English]]. This includes requests (for pan-Wikimedia or other wikis), translations and news, and the description, documentation, and discussion of real-life activities and facts related to the Wikimedia Foundation and affiliates. This includes reports, events, outreach:, and grants. | #[[:Category:Wiki Multilingual|Interlingual]] (cross-wiki) and international coordination concerning the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia movement in general, including discussion in [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]] other than [[:Category:Wiki English|English]]. This includes requests (for pan-Wikimedia or other wikis), translations and news, and the description, documentation, and discussion of real-life activities and facts related to the Wikimedia Foundation and affiliates. This includes reports, events, outreach:, and grants. | ||
#Writing and dissemination of personal {{tag|essays}} about Wikimedia projects. Because these are usually not delivered from a [[:Category:NPOV|neutral point of view]], they are often summarized on neutral issues pages from multiple [[:Category:PointOfView|points of view]]. There is a degree of freedom in determining what is related to Wikimedia projects, which makes Meta also a [[meatball wiki]] of sorts, discussing such matters as wiki culture and patterns. This role includes more formal {{tag|research}} and related discussion. | #Writing and dissemination of personal {{tag|essays}} about Wikimedia projects. Because these are usually not delivered from a [[:Category:NPOV|neutral point of view]], they are often summarized on neutral issues pages from multiple [[:Category:PointOfView|points of view]]. There is a degree of freedom in determining what is related to Wikimedia projects, which makes Meta also a [[meatball wiki]] of sorts, discussing such matters as wiki culture and patterns. This role includes more formal {{tag|research}} and related discussion. | ||