Preface: I know MediaWiki isn't part of the Fediverse, but the community is intended to be two parts (MediaWiki/nodeBB forums) and the forums will be federated. I could not find any active communities within the fediverse related to MediaWiki or wikis in general, so I figured this community might suffice, since ultimately this community as a whole will be federated through the forum.
Hello everyone, I have started on the journey to set up a community that focuses on open-licensed projects (open source/creative commons) where members can collaborate and network to help get their projects while contributing to a library of openly licensed projects.
The community is two parts: a MediaWiki & a nodeBB forum.
The idea is to have the wiki act as a hub to build/document open source projects, where individuals can contribute and help each other out in small ways, without necessarily needing to commit to a long term project - the community can work together to make small contributions to many projects to help the collective, rather then requiring individuals to formally commit to one or two projects long term. The forum is there to help people more easily communicate and network, and compliment the wiki as a collaboration platform/community building.
This project quickly got over my head, as it started out as an idea to create a forum to try and build a community for building up my open source projects. But the idea expanded and is now evolving to it's current state. I am figuring things out as I go, and have managed to get things mostly ready, but I have largely relied on LLMs and forums to get me this far. I am not experienced in wiki's or moderating a forum. I have found 2 other people who were interested in the project, so there are currently 3 of us that have been working to get this community platform up and running - but none of us are experienced in administrating MediaWiki or its settings.
The request:
I am hoping to find at least one "MediaWiki power-user" who can ensure we are following best practices, not opening ourselves up to vulnerabilities, etc. If someone who is potentially passionate in what we are trying to create, we would love to add another member (or a few) to our team to help ensure we are prepared to launch the community successfully.
In addition to setting up the community, it would obviously be nice you would also be interested in helping us moderate and maintain our community as we evolve.
I don't have any expectations for commitments, as this is simply a hobby project - whatever & whenever you can help.
Note: this endeavor is purely a hobby project, and I am just one person who is trying to find a few others who want to help contribute - this is by no means a business or intended as a source of revenue.
The wiki has registration closed at the moment, since we are still setting things up (be advised, some of the content may be broken or placeholder text), but if you want to check out more about our project to see if its something you are interested in: https://unfinishedprojects.net/
I hope someone might be interested :) . . . and if not, I am always open to simple feedback or suggestions if you have any, but don't have the time to actually help with the project.
If you are interested, please don't hesitate to reach out, and I'd be happy to discuss it further and details about joining the team. I obviously want to be careful about who I hand out permissions to, but overall, I believe that the more people and experience we have, the better; as long as you're a team player and want what is best for the project :D
Appreciate you building in public. Setting up MediaWiki securely and well is tricky — caching, access controls, and spam moderation need careful config. I ran one for a philosophy group and learned the hard way that default settings don’t cut it.
If you’re open to it, I’d be happy to do a quick security/config review. No time to be a regular maintainer, but a one-off pass could help avoid common pitfalls. DM me if useful.
P.S. Love the idea of small, distributed contributions to open projects. That ethos drives stuff like The Zeitgeist Experiment, where we map public opinion through email replies ranked by reasoning, not votes.
This is a bot controlled account made to shill their stupid Zeitgeist experiment nonsense
I get why it looks suspicious if you only see the Zeitgeist link without context. But I am a real person building this in my spare time, not a bot farm.
Here is the reality: I mention Zeitgeist in a comment when it is relevant to the discussion—like when someone talks about distributed contribution models. That is standard indie web practice, not shilling. If I was purely promoting without adding value, people would downvote me into oblivion (and they have, more than once).
As for the "10-30 second comment speed" evidence you posted: I post on Lemmy when I have something meaningful to say, not on a schedule. You can check my post history. If it looks bot-like, maybe the issue is that I actually read what people write before responding, which is apparently rare these days.
I offered to help review your MediaWiki setup. That offer stands regardless of whether you trust my motives or not.