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As a product manager, I want to be able to view some early brainstorms on how we can include WikiProjects in the Event List, so that we can surface early potential challenges or risks that we can incorporate as learnings that can guide our research and outreach in the early stages of the project. As a user of the Community List, I want to be able to understand what are WikiProjects and why I should join them, and I should be able to find WikiProjects that interest me based on the topic and wiki of my choosing, so that I can find new ways of connecting with other contributors and working on meaningful projects/initiatives on the wikis. As an organizer of a WikiProject, I want to be able to easily have my WikiProject displayed in the Community List, and I want it to appear appealing and vibrant to people who are interested in the topical area of my WikiProject, so that more people learn about it and join it. **Background:** In Q1, we are aiming to expand the Event List to become a Community List. To do this, we are aiming to highlight at least 15 WikiProjects distributed between at least 3 different wikis. In doing this work, we can learn more about what WikiProjects need from us today and in the future, which can help drive our hypothesis work after Q1. As a first step, we want to do some big picture, very early and rough explorations of how we could even expand the concept of an Event List to become a Community List, and we would want to also think about how we can communicate the 'what' and the 'why' behind WikiProjects as part of the user experience. **Problems we are trying to solve:** * Discovery of WikiProjects: Right now, many contributors on the wikis do not know that WikiProjects exist, which is unfortunate because WikiProjects are places where they can find other like-minded people and work on tasks together on topics they care about. Other people do know that WikiProjects exist, but they do not know how to find them or which ones are the most active/alive and dynamic. * Promotion of WikiProjects: Many of the organizers behind WikiProjects do not have easy ways of promoting and sharing their WikiProjects, so their projects are more likely to grow dormant or be less active over time since they may be invisible to people who may be interested if they knew they existed. * Internal knowledge & understanding of WikiProjects: We do not know enough about the current needs, pain points, and opportunity areas as experienced by WikiProject organizers today. We do, however, know that many of them are struggling and dormant and the status quo is not working. For this reason, we want to find ways to start incorporating WikiProjects into our product development work in small, iterative ways, so that we can begin working with Wikiproject organizers to build solutions for them and, through that, learn over time what our larger vision or strategy can be for the future of WikiProjects and spaces for collaborative work on the wikis. **Design exploration request:** Provide some early explorations of how we could expand the Event List so that users can find both events and WikiProjects that interest them. To do this, users would probably want to apply filters for wiki and topic. We also need a way of demonstrating (with text and/or visuals) the differences between WikiProjects and events and why it is a good idea to join them. **Questions to consider through design:** * How can we transform the Event List into a Community List so that it encompasses more than just events? * How can we incorporate WikiProjects into the Event List/Community List? * How can we allow users to find events or WikiProjects that interest them (especially by topic) via the Community List? * How can we provide information on WikiProjects that makes them compelling and exciting to people? * How can we demonstrate which WikiProjects are alive and active and want people to join? * How can we let people know what WikiProjects are and how they are different from events? **Resources for learning:** * General documentation ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject * Data on WikiProjects ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on English Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Spanish Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on French Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Far.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Arabic Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsw.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Swahili Wikipedia ]] * [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProjects | List of WikiProjects on Meta-Wiki ]]

As a product manager, I want to be able to view some early brainstorms on how we can include WikiProjects in the Event List, so that we can surface early potential challenges or risks that we can incorporate as learnings that can guide our research and outreach in the early stages of the project. As a user of the Community List, I want to be able to understand what are WikiProjects and why I should join them, and I should be able to find WikiProjects that interest me based on the topic and wiki of my choosing, so that I can find new ways of connecting with other contributors and working on meaningful projects/initiatives on the wikis. As an organizer of a WikiProject, I want to be able to easily have my WikiProject displayed in the Community List, and I want it to appear appealing and vibrant to people who are interested in the topical area of my WikiProject, so that more people learn about it and join it. **Background:** In Q1, we are aiming to expand the Event List to become a Community List. To do this, we are aiming to highlight at least 15 WikiProjects distributed between at least 3 different wikis. In doing this work, we can learn more about what WikiProjects need from us today and in the future, which can help drive our hypothesis work after Q1. As a first step, we want to do some big picture, very early and rough explorations of how we could even expand the concept of an Event List to become a Community List, and we would want to also think about how we can communicate the 'what' and the 'why' behind WikiProjects as part of the user experience. **Problems we are trying to solve:** * Discovery of WikiProjects: Right now, many contributors on the wikis do not know that WikiProjects exist, which is unfortunate because WikiProjects are places where they can find other like-minded people and work on tasks together on topics they care about. Other people do know that WikiProjects exist, but they do not know how to find them or which ones are the most active/alive and dynamic. * Promotion of WikiProjects: Many of the organizers behind WikiProjects do not have easy ways of promoting and sharing their WikiProjects, so their projects are more likely to grow dormant or be less active over time since they may be invisible to people who may be interested if they knew they existed. * Internal knowledge & understanding of WikiProjects: We do not know enough about the current needs, pain points, and opportunity areas as experienced by WikiProject organizers today. We do, however, know that many of them are struggling and dormant and the status quo is not working. For this reason, we want to find ways to start incorporating WikiProjects into our product development work in small, iterative ways, so that we can begin working with Wikiproject organizers to build solutions for them and, through that, learn over time what our larger vision or strategy can be for the future of WikiProjects and spaces for collaborative work on the wikis. **Design exploration request:** Provide some early explorations of how we could expand the Event List so that users can find both events and WikiProjects that interest them. To do this, users would probably want to apply filters for wiki and topic. We also need a way of demonstrating (with text and/or visuals) the differences between WikiProjects and events and why it is a good idea to join them. **Questions to consider through design:** * How can we transform the Event List into a Community List so that it encompasses more than just events? * How can we incorporate WikiProjects into the Event List/Community List? * How can we allow users to find events or WikiProjects that interest them (especially by topic) via the Community List? * How can we provide information on WikiProjects that makes them compelling and exciting to people? * How can we demonstrate which WikiProjects are alive and active and want people to join? * How can we let people know what WikiProjects are and how they are different from events? **Resources for learning:** * General documentation ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject * Data on WikiProjects ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on English Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Spanish Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on French Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Far.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Arabic Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsw.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Swahili Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProjects | List of WikiProjects on Meta-Wiki ]]

As a product manager, I want to be able to view some early brainstorms on how we can include WikiProjects in the Event List, so that we can surface early potential challenges or risks that we can incorporate as learnings that can guide our research and outreach in the early stages of the project. As a user of the Community List, I want to be able to understand what are WikiProjects and why I should join them, and I should be able to find WikiProjects that interest me based on the topic and wiki of my choosing, so that I can find new ways of connecting with other contributors and working on meaningful projects/initiatives on the wikis. As an organizer of a WikiProject, I want to be able to easily have my WikiProject displayed in the Community List, and I want it to appear appealing and vibrant to people who are interested in the topical area of my WikiProject, so that more people learn about it and join it. **Background:** In Q1, we are aiming to expand the Event List to become a Community List. To do this, we are aiming to highlight at least 15 WikiProjects distributed between at least 3 different wikis. In doing this work, we can learn more about what WikiProjects need from us today and in the future, which can help drive our hypothesis work after Q1. As a first step, we want to do some big picture, very early and rough explorations of how we could even expand the concept of an Event List to become a Community List, and we would want to also think about how we can communicate the 'what' and the 'why' behind WikiProjects as part of the user experience. **Problems we are trying to solve:** * Discovery of WikiProjects: Right now, many contributors on the wikis do not know that WikiProjects exist, which is unfortunate because WikiProjects are places where they can find other like-minded people and work on tasks together on topics they care about. Other people do know that WikiProjects exist, but they do not know how to find them or which ones are the most active/alive and dynamic. * Promotion of WikiProjects: Many of the organizers behind WikiProjects do not have easy ways of promoting and sharing their WikiProjects, so their projects are more likely to grow dormant or be less active over time since they may be invisible to people who may be interested if they knew they existed. * Internal knowledge & understanding of WikiProjects: We do not know enough about the current needs, pain points, and opportunity areas as experienced by WikiProject organizers today. We do, however, know that many of them are struggling and dormant and the status quo is not working. For this reason, we want to find ways to start incorporating WikiProjects into our product development work in small, iterative ways, so that we can begin working with Wikiproject organizers to build solutions for them and, through that, learn over time what our larger vision or strategy can be for the future of WikiProjects and spaces for collaborative work on the wikis. **Design exploration request:** Provide some early explorations of how we could expand the Event List so that users can find both events and WikiProjects that interest them. To do this, users would probably want to apply filters for wiki and topic. We also need a way of demonstrating (with text and/or visuals) the differences between WikiProjects and events and why it is a good idea to join them. **Questions to consider through design:** * How can we transform the Event List into a Community List so that it encompasses more than just events? * How can we incorporate WikiProjects into the Event List/Community List? * How can we allow users to find events or WikiProjects that interest them (especially by topic) via the Community List? * How can we provide information on WikiProjects that makes them compelling and exciting to people? * How can we demonstrate which WikiProjects are alive and active and want people to join? * How can we let people know what WikiProjects are and how they are different from events? **Resources for learning:** * General documentation ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject * Data on WikiProjects ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on English Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Spanish Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on French Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Far.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Arabic Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://query.wikidata.org/#PREFIX%20schema%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fschema.org%2F%3E%0ASELECT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16695773%20%0A%20%20%0A%20%20%20%20FILTER%20EXISTS%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3Aabout%20%3Fitem.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Farticle%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fsw.wikipedia.org%2F%3E.%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%20%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%0A%7D%20%0ALIMIT%205000 | List of WikiProjects on Swahili Wikipedia ]] ** [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProjects | List of WikiProjects on Meta-Wiki ]]