Richard H Karpinski 1941 20 Ideas to make Wikipedia even better Let s improve access to knowledge Make links more self explanatory Add folksy commentary about each link Add portion and outline in rollover message Let s make these pages more informative Add more metadata for context and meaning Make more associations conveniently available Add conventional sections to discussion talk meta pages Checklists current projects open questions Let s notice what people do Edit the wrong page Choose confusing words Choose clumsy constructions Let s give the best result we can arrange Provide checklists Provide automated review on request Provide convenient appropriate next step choices Basic Questions Are any of these good goals Leave a note here Inviting YOU to make notes here How could you tell if a goal is good What goals do these people share Where are Wikipedia goals discussed Is there a Mission Statement for Wikipedia How are policies evaluated How are policies enforced Where are Wikipedia practices or Wikipedia best practices discussed What constitutes going too far What belongs elsewhere What questions do we avoid asking What forms of information do we encourage How introspective and self referential should Wikipedia be What are the popular generic questions Statistics of page popularity are easy to gather Establish a question category and generic sub category What words and meanings are popular in links from here What kinds of searches are convenient and useful What searches were popular recently What are good goals in general What could anyone possibly put on this page How good is each goal why What is the utility of good goals Are there good patterns for improvement What have people suggested What have people tried Ehat have people evaluated Other peoples notes Dick Karpinski Leave notes here if you like Personal data My current project Make cell phones that are easy to learn and use My current interests Wikis everywhere Understanding current politics Advancing science Advancing technologies Improving efficiency Improving educational opportunities Having fun every hour Not necessarily ON the hour Having great sex Not necessarily ON the hour Being generically provocative My open questions Any comments