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**Project Name:** <PROJECT-NAME - This will be used as the URL subdomain, and must be alphanumeric, no spaces, underscores or special characters.> **Developer account usernames of requestors:** <USERNAMES - 2 or more is best!> **Purpose:** <REASON for project request - a 1 sentence overview of what it will be used for> **Brief description:** <more DETAILS and links about expected project administration needs, including links to software you intend to install (+ licence-pages) and if there are expected needs for higher disk-quota> **How soon you are hoping this can be fulfilled:** <this week/month/quarter - "as soon as possible" is an acceptable response but keep in mind resources are finite, and we may ask you to wait depending on availability and the size of the request.> ------ Original task description: For working on Wikipedia and Wikinews I would like to setup lemmy, a news aggregator. I am hoping users will be able to login with same login as Wikipedia, and get more engaged in discussions and editing the wiki. It will be invite-only initially to reduce risk of spam, until enough mods are available. In this ticket I would like to request a vps for this task. I expect the trial to last between 3 and 6 months after which I can write a summary report of how it impacted on-wiki activities.

**Project Name:** lemmy **Developer account usernames of requestors:** Gryllida, 1 more TBC **Purpose:** news aggregator to get Wikipedians who are writing current events, and Wikinewsies, more engaged in discussions and editing the wiki. I anticipate user retention may improve. A trial of 3 to 6 months should suffice to assess the impact. **Brief description:** It will be invite-only initially to reduce risk of spam, until enough mods are recruited. Low bandwidth, low disk space required. http://join-lemmy.org **How soon you are hoping this can be fulfilled:** up to 4 weeks for setup (1 week should be enough but I am being over cautious in case issues are identified) ------ Original task description: For working on Wikipedia and Wikinews I would like to setup lemmy, a news aggregator. I am hoping users will be able to login with same login as Wikipedia, and get more engaged in discussions and editing the wiki. It will be invite-only initially to reduce risk of spam, until enough mods are available. In this ticket I would like to request a vps for this task. I expect the trial to last between 3 and 6 months after which I can write a summary report of how it impacted on-wiki activities.

**Project Name:** <PROJECT-NAME - This will be used as the URL subdomain, and must be alphanumeric, no spaces, underscores or special characters.>lemmy **Developer account usernames of requestors:** <USERNAMES - 2 orGryllida, 1 more is best!>TBC **Purpose:** <REASON for project request - a 1 sentence overview of what it will be used for>news aggregator to get Wikipedians who are writing current events, and Wikinewsies, more engaged in discussions and editing the wiki. I anticipate user retention may improve. A trial of 3 to 6 months should suffice to assess the impact. **Brief description:** <more DETAILS and links about expected project administration needs,It will be invite-only initially to reduce risk of spam, until enough mods are recruited. Low bandwidth, low disk space required. including links to software you intend to install (+ licence-pages) and if there are expected needs for higher disk-quota>http://join-lemmy.org **How soon you are hoping this can be fulfilled:** <this week/month/quarter - "as soon as possible" is an acceptable response but keep in mind resources are finite, and we may ask you to wait depending on availability and the size of the request.>up to 4 weeks for setup (1 week should be enough but I am being over cautious in case issues are identified) ------ Original task description: For working on Wikipedia and Wikinews I would like to setup lemmy, a news aggregator. I am hoping users will be able to login with same login as Wikipedia, and get more engaged in discussions and editing the wiki. It will be invite-only initially to reduce risk of spam, until enough mods are available. In this ticket I would like to request a vps for this task. I expect the trial to last between 3 and 6 months after which I can write a summary report of how it impacted on-wiki activities.