Last modified: 2014-02-19 00:53:24 UTC
The pages on shop.wikimedia.org (e.g., <http://shop.wikimedia.org/pages/shipping>) are not easily editable currently. Ideally, these pages would be hosted on Meta-Wiki or some other wiki, allowing users to improve these pages.
It sould get it's own wiki, but with limited access to approved users. It shouldn't be on the foundation wiki.
(In reply to comment #1) > It sould get it's own wiki, but with limited access to approved users. It > shouldn't be on the foundation wiki. Why do you think it should get its own wiki? I would think that Meta-Wiki, with its translation system already in place (user accounts, page structure, search, revision control, etc.), would be better. Why re-make the wheel?
I'm happy to create copies on meta for people to edit if they want to riff on it but the pages themselves aren't going to be available directly. The software does not allow access just to edit (and so any editor would have access to very private information ) and even without I do not think it's a suitable place for open editing (just like donation pages aren't). If the store is successful a further evolution of it integrated into mediawiki and it's permission system (or some other open system with better permissions) is certainly possible and approved users could get access but we can't currently justify the resources for that without more data.
(and sorry: Removed the blocker in the last edit because these are different issues given the software)
Updated prognosis? Will the copies to meta happen? Is it possible to fetch the preferred form for modification[0] either in batch or anonymously? (we could have a bot that updates the wiki with versions from live site) [0] see e.g. the "Source Code" section @ http://opensource.org/osd-annotated
Per the announcement just made on Meta (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_merchandise#Announcement:_What.27s_the_plan_for_2014.3F) we're working with the WMF Design to migrate the shop away from a Shopify template so it can be on-wiki and we'll be able to create a Meta copy. As far as I'm aware, under the current Shopify integration we can't release a copy on Meta to play with. This is part of the reason we're looking to move away from Shopify's defaults. This is a goal to achieve during the remainder of this fiscal year, dependent on our Design team's resources.
