Have the forum team considered running an online event to collaborate on improving wikis? I think wikis are a deeply underrated forum feature and a fantastic way for people who arenāt new but arenāt working in EA to directly contribute to the EA project.
Iām glad that you like the wiki! ^^ I agree that itās a nice way for people in the community to contribute.
I believe no one on the team has focused on the wiki in a while, and I think before we invest time into it we should have a more specific vision for it. But I do like the idea of collaborative wiki editing events, so thanks for the nudge! Iāll have a chat with @Toby Tremlettš¹ to see what he thinks. For reference, we do have a Wiki FAQ page, which is a good starting point for people who want to contribute.
About your specific suggestion, thank you for surfacing it and including detailed context ā thatās quite helpful. I agree that ideally people could contribute to the wiki with lower karma. Iāll check if we can lower the minimum at least. Any more substantive changes (like making a ādraftā change and getting it approved by someone else) would take more technical work, so Iām not sure when we would prioritize it.
(It looks like your link to a specific quick take did work, but if you think thereās a bug then let me know!)
Have the forum team considered running an online event to collaborate on improving wikis? I think wikis are a deeply underrated forum feature and a fantastic way for people who arenāt new but arenāt working in EA to directly contribute to the EA project.
I wrote a quick take a while ago about how itās probably too hard for people to edit wikis atmāI actually canāt link to it but here are my quick takes: Gemma Patersonās Quick takes ā EA Forum (effectivealtruism.org)
Iām glad that you like the wiki! ^^ I agree that itās a nice way for people in the community to contribute.
I believe no one on the team has focused on the wiki in a while, and I think before we invest time into it we should have a more specific vision for it. But I do like the idea of collaborative wiki editing events, so thanks for the nudge! Iāll have a chat with @Toby Tremlettš¹ to see what he thinks. For reference, we do have a Wiki FAQ page, which is a good starting point for people who want to contribute.
About your specific suggestion, thank you for surfacing it and including detailed context ā thatās quite helpful. I agree that ideally people could contribute to the wiki with lower karma. Iāll check if we can lower the minimum at least. Any more substantive changes (like making a ādraftā change and getting it approved by someone else) would take more technical work, so Iām not sure when we would prioritize it.
(It looks like your link to a specific quick take did work, but if you think thereās a bug then let me know!)
Ah glad the link worked. Not sure why it looked like it didnāt.
Let me know if you do end up interested in doing an editing eventāhappy to host an in person coworking session for it in London.