Wikibuilder - a knowledge base covering the design and construction of
the built environment
Project proposal page:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibuilder
See also:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects
== Basic idea ==
To create a knowledge base covering the design and construction of the
built environment.
== Scope ==
Much, if not most, of the information could be presented as text (and
could start off as just that), but text presents profound and obvious
limits for describing the built environment, so much of the information
would be pictorial. With the drawing expertise of designers and
draughtspeople around the world who are intimate with CAD (computer
aided draughting) there should be no shortage of people to get the ball
rolling.
There are currently efforts going on in the graphics and architecture
industries to standardise pictorial file formats (see links below) and
the main topic of initial discussion on Wikibuilder may well revolve
around the kind of file formats to use for presenting and distributing
sketch, 2D, 3D and other kinds of pictorial information. Carrying on
from this might be discussion on graphical styles and style
standardisation.
There are a few open-content repository-type websites around for
sharing building details, et cetera, but most of them are woeful and
narrowly focused on CAD technicians looking for details to use at work.
There're a myriad of websites dotted around the internet offering
information on design but this is extremely fragmented.
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== Why? ==
Ever since we as a species started manipulating our environment we have
built a vast knowledge of designing and constructing the built
environment. This knowledge belongs to everyone, but much of it is is
locked away in people's heads with no easy way to share such
information except for books (usually expensive ones) and
apprenticeship. A wiki focused on the built environment could help
unlock this knowledge and make it accessible to vast numbers of people
(builders, designers, inventors, diy'ers, knowledge lovers) who could
put it to use and continue to build on it in a open way. A wiki could
also help the push for open standards in the presentation of pictorial
information via the internet.
Kind regards,
Christiaan
Jimmy suggested that we should get the blogosphere more involved in the
Wikinews project. Indeed, many bloggers do the kind of work that
Wikinews requires: summarizing the news from a large number of sources.
True, bloggers are often less than neutral, but their entries may serve
as a useful basis for Wikinews articles, if we can convince them to put
them under an open license. There is also the question of how to raise
visibility of Wikinews within the world of blogs. RSS is essential here.
We do have one useful RSS feed, namely the one of Special:Newpages, but
few people are aware of it.
In order to communicate to bloggers what Wikinews is all about, and to
get them excited about the project, we are holding an open IRC chat on
February 5, 22:00 UTC, on #wikinews (irc.freenode.net). Please help in
setting the agenda and working on the list of invitations to bloggers. I
think it would be nice if we could personalize those.
The Meta page is on
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_Chat
which will also be used to organize the agenda for future project-wide
chats. Please register yourself there if you intend to come.
All best,
Erik
Sorry if I don't translate in english...
Sur ma page personnelle
(http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Traroth),
j'ai posté le texte suivant :
"Wikimedia Foundation : le ver dans le fruit ?
Lors de l'assemblée constituante de l'association
Wikimedia France, il a été dit que Jimmy Wales et
Wikimedia Foundation lui refusait le droit d'utiliser
les marques qu'elle détenait (Wikimedia, Wikipedia,
Wktionary, Wikibooks...) si la Foundation n'avait pas
un droit de veto (le terme a fait débat) sur les
décisions que prendrait la fondation française.
Parrallèlement, lors de la création de Wikimedia
Foundation, Jimmy Wales a imposé 3 sièges sur 5, en se
réservant le siège de président, les 2 sièges restant
étant pourvu par élection ( ce qui a conduit à 4
membres anglophones sur 5). Ce sipositif ne devait pas
être reconduit, et une election réellement
démocratique devait avoir lieu cette année (c'est ce
qui avait été dit à l'époque). On apprend maintenant
que Jimmy Wales a l'intention de continuer à se
reserver le siège de président, avec probablement un
droit de veto sur les décisions. Moins démocratique,
ça parait difficile. Le décalage d'une année n'a donc
été qu'un moyen de noyer le poisson. Ces manières de
faire poussent à se poser un certain nombre de
questions :
* À quoi servent ces fondations ?
* Les donateurs n'ont-ils pas un droit de regard sur
l'usage qui est fait de l'argent qu'ils ont donné ?
* N'est-ce pas tromper les gens que de faire croire
qu'une fondation veille aux interêts de Wikipedia,
alors qu'il ne s'agit que d'une organisation-croupion,
sans pouvoir réel de décision ?
* N'est ce pas tromper les gens que de se donner les
apparences de la démocratie, sans l'être le moins du
monde ?
* Que fera la communauté si Jimmy Wales prend des
décisions contraire à l'opinion de la majorité, comme
il se pourrait que cela soit le cas sur le sujet de la
publicité (Jimbo ne s'est jamais prononcé clairement
contre) ? Répondre "Y a qu'à faire un fork", c'est
gifler les donateurs en pleine face.
Entendons-nous bien : je n'ai rien contre Jimbo, et
j'aurais été le premier à voter pour lui en 2004, et
ce, aussi longtemps qu'il aurait été prêt à rester
président. Ça n'aurait été qu'une formalité.
Aujourd'hui, je serais plus circonspect. De quoi
a-t-il peur exactement ? Certain(e)s ont répondu :
qu'un Board qui prendrait justement des décisions
contraire à la volonté de la majorité. Outre le fait
que c'est en contradiction complète avec la notion
même de démocratie, le système actuel ne nous met pas
à l'abri. Simplement, ce "privilège" est réservé à une
seule personne.
Personnellement, j'avais l'intention de m'impliquer
assez fortement dans l'activité de l'association
française, mais maintenant, je suis à deux doigts de
tout envoyer pêter. Ça serait déjà fait si Wikipédia
et les autres projets n'étaient pas en GFDL, ce qui
veut dire qu'ils n'appartiennent pas à la Foundation.
Sans hostilité, j'aimerais travailler à une uvre
collective, et non à une espèce de monument à la
gloire de Jimmy Wales, quels que soient ses mérites.
Traroth"
Si vous voulez y réagir, faites le sur ma page de
discussion
(http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_Utilisateur:Traroth)
ou sur cette liste.
Traroth
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Dear Foundation List Members,
I'm writing to let everybody know more about the proposed Emergency Medicine
Wikibook. I've met with board members and it seems at the present time that
our main challenge is finding interested programmers to create templates and
a special registration screen. The open-source Wikibook model is a strong
fit with the rapidly changing and incredibly broad field of Emergency
Medicine. Traditional textbooks simply can't cover all the little things
which walk into an Emergency Room, everything from broken toes, to heart
attacks and strokes, to stabbings and shootings. Please contact me if you
want to be part of this, particularly if you're a Wiki programmer or
Emergency doc or nurse or paramedic. All the details are below. Thanks,
Paris Lovett
"You must believe in free will; there is no choice."
-- Isaac Bashevis Singer
(1904-1991)
-------------------------------
Emergency Medicine Wikibook Proposal
Paris Lovett
paris(a)pazzah.com
Executive Summary
1) An open-source textbook of Emergency Medicine (EM)
2) The specialty of EM applies to doctors working in Emergency
Departments and in Ambulance and Disaster services, known an Emergency
Physicians (EPs).
3) EM focuses upon the first few hours of illness. The range of diseases
is extremely broad. However, EPs do not focus upon exhaustive diagnosis and
treatment. Rather they focus upon recognition and management of immediate
threats to life and body function.
4) The EM Wikibook would share most core features of Wikimedia projects:
open-source collaborative structure, minimizing barriers to participation,
maximizing breadth of coverage and rapidly assimilating new areas of
research and interest
5) The EM Wikibook would differ from other Wikimedia projects in a few
important ways:
a) Authors/editors would be required to state their name and credentials
prior to contributing
b) The structure of entries/pages in the EM Wikibook would follow a
structured template.
c) References in the EM Wikibook, where possible, would link out to
PubMed/NLM
6) Getting the EM Wikibook started requires some technical feature
enhancements, most importantly
a) Registration screens for users, requiring medical credentials
b) Creation of template
7) The EM Wikibook poses certain unique concerns and risks
a) The usual concerns of plagiarism, copyright infringement, vandalism,
edit wars
b) Regarding accuracy of medical information, there are concerns about
legal liability
c) Posting of Private Health Information (PHI) either accidentally, or
maliciously would also be a concern
Introduction
1) Wikimedia is currently fostering the growth of a new set of
open-source information resources: online textbooks. These textbooks are
known as Wikibooks. There is no EM textbook currently in development.
How would the EM Wikibook differ from the Wikipedia and other Wikimedia
projects?
1) Most significantly, authors would be required to state their name and
credentials. These would not be subject to verification routinely. However,
in problematic situations those sysops would be able to request verification
of identity and/or credentials and take corrective action for fraud or
vandalism.
2) Templates would create a standardized format for discussion of
diseases, diagnosis and management. A provisional template structure is
shown below. Each subject would feature bullet summaries, table summaries,
followed by longer narrative sections, a list of current controversies, and
a large citation list. The citations/references would link out to PubMed and
other large public medical databases.
3) Recruitment for an EM text would be aided by lines of communication
via CORDEM, EMED-L, SAEM, and special interest groups in ACEP and EMRA.
What is needed to get the EM Wikibook up and running?
1) We need programmers! To get the EM Wikibook up and running we need to
create a registration screen and templates
2) The registration screen is where users can type in their name and
medical credentials. This would follow a very similar pattern to eMedicine
(an online textbook of medicine), which has a registration screen with
drop-down menus covering all schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and
other health disciplines. These menus are non-proprietary, and the
information is public, so the menus could be ripped and modified.
3) The templates would create standardized subheadings and places for
bullet summaries, and table summaries. Also, a majority of
references/citations could be quickly added by simply supplying a Unique
Identifier (UI). This creates an automatic link to medical references in
PubMed. For instance, the UI = 14525742 can be used in the following URL:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Ab
stract&list_uids=14525742
Special Concerns
1) Posting of Private Health Information (PHI). It is conceivable that
physicians might accidentally or maliciously post images or text containing
identified PHI. The concerns would be for both the wellbeing of patients
whose PHI was thus distributed, and for any resultant liability. However,
there is an inherent barrier to malicious or accidental posting can always
be tracked back to the source, and in the USA the person posting the
information would be liable under federal HIPAA laws. Other countries have
similar laws covering illegal disclosure of health information. Wikimedia
would need to use its legal resources to draft appropriate terms and
conditions for contributors to protect both itself and any institution or
individuals with roles as founders or sponsors.
2) Liability for Medical Information. Similarly, Wikimedia can create
appropriate terms and conditions to make clear to users that sponsoring
institutions and individuals "start the ball rolling" but offer no
guarantees on the content. The disclaimer would emphasize that the medical
information in the EM Wikibook cannot be guaranteed to be accurate, and is
not a replacement for consulting with a doctor.
Draft of the template structure:
Quick Summary
We need bullet points:
. Like this
. And this
. And this
. So that people can drop in and quickly grasp the essentials
And more bullet points:
. Like this
. And this
. And this
. So that people can make a series of quick points
Table Summaries
Organism
Other
Vomiting
Cramps
Pain
Tender
Diarrhea
Fever
Rotavirus
URI
+
+
Watery
Low
Norwalk
Abrupt; No URI
+
Watery
Low
Enteric Adeno
+
Watery
Low
ETEC
Abrupt
+
Watery
EHEC (0157:H7)
+
+
+
+
watery -> bloody
+/-
Shigella
+/-
+
Watery, green-
High
Salmonella
+
+
+
Watery, foul,
+
Campylobacter
headache, myalgia, malaise
+
+
+
loose
???
Yersinia
+
+
+
Profuse watery
+
Clostridium Perfringens
+
Watery
+/-
Clostridium Difficile
+
Watery, +/- bloody
+
Historical Aspects
Background
Definition
Pathophysiology / etiology
Epidemiology
Frequency
Risk factors
Morbidity and Mortality
ED Presentations
Diagnosis
Symptoms (with NPV AND PPV)
Signs (with NPV AND PPV)
Investigations (with NPV AND PPV)
Lab
Imaging
Bedside
Invasive
Other
Consultations
Differentials (and distinguishing features)
Complications
Therapy, with indications and evidence (WITH NNT OR SIMILAR)
Prehospital
ABCs
Medication
Procedures
Disposition
Admission criteria
Type of admission
Discharge (criteria)
Follow-up (with timing)
Prognosis
Cost and impact of care
Patient Education Leaflet
EBM
Controversies and Consensus
Changes in practice
Pitfalls
Common questions on examinations
Citations (PubMed/NLM links)
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dear all,
monday january 31 2005 20:00 CET, a chat session to prepare for the FOSDEM
wil be held at irc://freenode.net/wikimedia.
all attending are invited to join for this chat session.
oscar
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FOSDEM_2005
The Board has asked me to help organize a press release to publicize
Wikimania 2005, this summer's Wikimedia conference. We've had great
success with some of our past press releases, and this is an excellent
opportunity to develop interest in this exciting event.
I've set up a page to work on the press release, but since I haven't
been very involved in the planning (the chances of me actually being
able to attend are unfortunately very low), the content right now is
barely a skeleton:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_press_releases/Wikimania_conference
As I understand it, the plan is to send this press release out on
February 14. I would appreciate everyone's help in putting together the
content, and eventually translating it into other languages as well.
Please take a moment to advertise this on your individual languages and
projects, so we can get a good group of people working on the press
release. Thanks for your help.
--Michael Snow
Further to the question of appropriateness of, say, [[Wikibuilder]], an
answer might be more forthcoming within the realms of a wider question,
such as, if Wikimedia were to eventually cover all human knowledge how
would it best be divided up into main categories (projects)? (And, in
terms of Wikibuilder, would this be one of them?)
It would be interesting to develop a discussion along the lines of this
question. Has it been touched on elsewhere? Where would it be best
discussed on meta?
Christiaan
heyo! :)
> > a general idea - what if there was a patent-wiki?
> to write down
> > softwere(mostly) patents which u want to keep
> availible to the public
> > - providing proof of their existance before any
> other registration
> > attempt? and serving as a lisintg of availible
> methods and such...
> >
> > this could be an idea for the preservation(or
> something?) wiki which
> > suggested writting down how things work before the
> end of the
> > civilization as we know it.. ;p
>
> I like it. I wouldn't restrict just to software
> though. What sort of
> licence did you have in mind.
I'm afraid I can't really anwser it as I don't have
any legal education, I could explain a general idea
but I'm preety sure it's the one you have in mind ^^*
> > and who'd thought that we'll need
> http://www.petitiononline.com/rjw23/
> > ,eh?
>
> "When performing a search for the word "Jew" on
> google.. the first
> result is a site that has been notorious for being
> anti-semitic.. the
> site is called jewwatch.com"
>
> Have you noticed which site is actually number one
> these days?
>
> Christiaan
Wow I didn't notice it has changed... I'm loving
Wikipedia more by the hour.. ;)
Reuevn R.
=====
http://www.mia.org.il/petition/index1.htmlhttp://hungersite.com
in case, ur wondering, about the first link -
http://www.terror-victims.israel.net/mainh.swf
and who'd thought that we'll need http://www.petitiononline.com/rjw23/ ,eh?
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