Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Bounty Board

Am 19.01.2013 20:56, schrieb Paolo Debortoli:
> Il 19/01/2013 19:54, Dennis Roczek ha scritto:
> > Hello mailinglist!
> > this is my first here, so bear with me if I'm doing something wrong. I
> > was writing with Florian Effenberger and he wanted me to post here my
> > idea.
> >
> > I'm rather active at the English Wikipedia and they have there a so
> > called 'Bounty Board'. [1]
> >
> > On that wikipage everybody is able to post his wish which article should
> > be improved to a certain
> > quality level or that an article is created for a reward. The rewards
> > look different. The most chosed rewards are:
> >
> > * a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation (which is the foundation behind
> > Wikipedia),
> > * a 'donation' to the improver,
> > * an improvement to any other article (often bounded to a genre).
>
> it's nice, yes.  some people have been talking until now about some
> ideas proposed such as a libreoffice 'brainstorming'  or  'easy
> hack'    (done on website or on google pages or facebbok), such as
> done by AOO or the ubuntu community. Many things are feasible; maybe
> the main problem is finding a number of people interested in.
>
> > I think this system would also work for LibreOffice. I know that at
> > least some users would pay money if a particular bug is resolved or any
> > wished improvements are made.
>
> it's possible, yes, but I am not sure. for sure it would increase
> partecipation. rewards could be made in different ways (eg a prize for
> the most voted or innovative improvements).  another possible option
> could be something like (involving universities) giving students
> prizes for dissertations or thesis one the topics needed by the
> foundation (marketing subjects or technical solutions).

That sounds also very interesting. The Wikimedia Foundation has their
hands in many universities and is helping some students to get their
thesis working. (e.g. with special rights like the researcher right to
increase the API limit from 50 to 500) I guess setting up a page with
tasks and a contact person similar to the Google of Summer Code is
easily achieved - although for that kind of stuff a simple Wiki page is
enough.

I see the need and I understand that there are limited resources, but I
still think that a easy and handy formular and overview page would some
newly / potential developers get into the project simply because they
want to earn some additional money.

Dennis Roczek




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