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Later, the working name was changed to "Wikuna Matata", a reference to the phrase "[[wikipedia:hakuna matata|hakuna matata]]", which means "without worries." This was a reference to the fact that users would have more freedom to create pages without needing to worry that they would be deleted. The name "Inclupedia" was chosen in mid-2010. | Later, the working name was changed to "Wikuna Matata", a reference to the phrase "[[wikipedia:hakuna matata|hakuna matata]]", which means "without worries." This was a reference to the fact that users would have more freedom to create pages without needing to worry that they would be deleted. The name "Inclupedia" was chosen in mid-2010. | ||
Inclupedia | Inclupedia was in [[wikipedia:development hell|development hell]] from the project's inception until . Vain attempts were made to get [[Wikimedia]] interested by posting the proposal to [[Meta-Wiki]] on 14 July 2010 and to the English Wikipedia idea lab on 26 July 2010.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28idea_lab%29/Archive_2#Inclupedia] Then naive attempts were made to solicit paid developer involvement for ridiculously small sums, by means of [[wikipedia:Open-source bounty|open-source bounties]] that would have been worthy of listing at [http://whartoniteseekscodemonkey.tumblr.com/ Whartonite Seeks Code Monkey], except that they were never brought to WSCM's attention. | ||
Next, legal problems delayed Inclupedia's progress from 11 December 2008 to 9 February 2010. Development began on MirrorTools on 8 July 2010. Legal problems again delayed Inclupedia development from 11 August 2010 to 12 June 2012. Development resumed on 29 August 2012, but then legal problems delayed Inclupedia development from 3 December 2012 to 2 October 2013. Attorney Brooke Sealy Rupert had noted, "Mr. Larson has worked on pursuing his dream of creating a general purpose, collaborative research website, Inclupedia, that does not have the content restrictions of other similar sites. The proposal has generated some interest, and Mr. Larson has supporters willing to work with him on the software production necessary for the project."[http://nathania.org/w/images/0/08/Nathan_Larson_1-10-cr-00249-GBL_Document_48.pdf] Larson himself told the court, "I've been making progress. I've been developing code, gaining confidence at | Next, legal problems delayed Inclupedia's progress from 11 December 2008 to 9 February 2010. Development began on MirrorTools on 8 July 2010. Legal problems again delayed Inclupedia development from 11 August 2010 to 12 June 2012. Development resumed on 29 August 2012, but then legal problems delayed Inclupedia development from 3 December 2012 to 2 October 2013. Attorney Brooke Sealy Rupert had noted, "Mr. Larson has worked on pursuing his dream of creating a general purpose, collaborative research website, Inclupedia, that does not have the content restrictions of other similar sites. The proposal has generated some interest, and Mr. Larson has supporters willing to work with him on the software production necessary for the project."[http://nathania.org/w/images/0/08/Nathan_Larson_1-10-cr-00249-GBL_Document_48.pdf] Larson himself told the court, "I've been making progress. I've been developing code, gaining confidence at | ||
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Development resumed on 23 January 2014. The development process has thus far spawned many abandoned development branches that resulted in complete code rewritings, as various approaches were found to be ill-conceived or unworkable. On 12 April 2014, another prospective co-entrepreneur and software developer was brought on board. This person favored a direct approach to Inclupedia development that for the most part avoids potentially distracting side projects; when it was suggested to this person that [[ChildWiki]] be an Inclupedia prototype that would mirror and supplement [[BoyWiki]] the way Inclupedia will mirror and supplement Wikipedia, this person noted, "I also think it would be good to start small, though I wouldn't want to put off the 'real' work for very long... If you have experience with wikis I would also question what the purpose of starting small would be? Why not just jump right into Inclupedia?" | Development resumed on 23 January 2014. The development process has thus far spawned many abandoned development branches that resulted in complete code rewritings, as various approaches were found to be ill-conceived or unworkable. On 12 April 2014, another prospective co-entrepreneur and software developer was brought on board. This person favored a direct approach to Inclupedia development that for the most part avoids potentially distracting side projects; when it was suggested to this person that [[ChildWiki]] be an Inclupedia prototype that would mirror and supplement [[BoyWiki]] the way Inclupedia will mirror and supplement Wikipedia, this person noted, "I also think it would be good to start small, though I wouldn't want to put off the 'real' work for very long... If you have experience with wikis I would also question what the purpose of starting small would be? Why not just jump right into Inclupedia?" | ||
This person resigned from Inclumedia on 22 May 2014 after deciding software development wasn't their cup of tea, and exited Larson's life entirely on 21 June 2014. This prompted renewed determination on Larson's part to pursue Inclupedia's development to its completion, as a solo project if necessary. A target date of 15 July 2015 was set for Inclupedia's going live. | This person resigned from Inclumedia on 22 May 2014 after deciding software development wasn't their cup of tea, and exited Larson's life entirely on 21 June 2014. This prompted renewed determination on Larson's part to pursue Inclupedia's development to its completion, as a solo project if necessary. On 1 July, Larson wrote to [[wp:Pete Eyre|Pete Eyre]], "I start to wonder if I should start working on Inclupedia programming again, without a co-founder, just out of boredom. Before, I kept dropping the project because my morale would collapse periodically. Now I feel like I have to do something, or the grief at the loss . . . will overwhelm me. Maybe that will be enough to impel me forward." On 2 July, he wrote to Abd Lomax, "it's back to Inclupedia now. This project can relieve a lot of mental pain, perhaps, of myself and others. An opportunity to do a great deal of good . . . slipped through my fingers, for reasons we've discussed, but I can still do something important." By 3 July 2014, coding had resumed. A target date of 15 July 2015 was set for Inclupedia's going live. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[mw:Inclupedia]] | *[[mw:Inclupedia]] | ||
*[[meta-wiki:User:Leucosticte/Inclupedia]] | *[[meta-wiki:User:Leucosticte/Inclupedia]] | ||