WikiApps

This is a **proposal for a new** Wikimedia sister project.
wikiapps
Status of the proposal
Status	rejected
Reason	no support. Pecopteris (talk) 06:49, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Details of the proposal
Project description	A repository of documented, editable, downloadable, open source web apps in HTML5 under a creative commons or GNU license. The structure would be similar to wikibooks but instead of books, each top-level directory would contain an app. Each app would have a home page that would link to further pages, e.g. documentation, discussion about the app, a directory with the latest stable version, another directory with the current developer version etc. The scope would be limited to HTML5 web apps, which would allow readers to easily download a version of an app without bothering with compilers or other tools apart from a web browser. (WikiCode is a project proposal for other programming languages.) The project would benefit in multiple ways from being part of Wikimedia: many users would be familiar with the way this project is organized, there is already a revision history system in place, the apps could include images, audio, video, text sources, and/or data from other projects that are automatically updated, it might be possible to implement a form of documentation generation or literate programming by using wiki markup templates, etc.
Is it a multilingual wiki?	many language versions
Potential number of languages	each version only one language but many language versions
Proposed tagline	Imagine a world in which every single device on the planet is given free access to all kinds of apps. Imagine a world where you can edit all your apps on all your devices. Imagine a world without differences between app users and app programmers. Imagine a world where every app you download is not only a tool but a source of inspiration and an invitation to participate in the app's development. And now imagine to create this world. There is a chance for that.
Technical requirements
New features to require	The project would require the possibility to upload active JavaScript code.
Interested participants
	Martin Kraus (talk)
	v; t; e;

wikiapps – collaboratively creating, editing, and publishing HTML5 web apps in JavaScript

Proposed by

Ty221 (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

revised by Martin Kraus (talk) 07:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative names

Wikiapps, WikiApps, WikiApplications, WikiPrograms, Apps Wiki

Related projects/proposals

Sourceforge? Google Code? GitHub? Codeplex? So?!? --Ricordi samoa 06:17, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCode is another project proposal for any programming language; wikiapps is only for HTML5 apps in JavaScript. --Martin Kraus (talk) 01:38, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

wikiapps.wikidot.com: I started this a couple of years ago; but I never put much time into it; some ideas of it went into b:en:Canvas 2D Web Apps --Martin Kraus (talk) 07:58, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

b:en:Canvas 2D Web Apps is a wikibook about HTML5 web apps in JavaScript with the canvas element --Martin Kraus (talk) 01:38, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

literateprograms.org: A wiki for literate programming. Mmmh, I guess that's all I want. Why isn't that part of Wikimedia? --Martin Kraus (talk) 14:54, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Domain names

wikiapps.org, appswiki.org, ...

wikiapps.org (redirects to a Wikibooks page) is registered by User:Martin Kraus, who is very willing to hand it over to this project --Martin Kraus (talk) 00:28, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mailing list links

Demos

People interested

Martin Kraus (talk)

wikiapps
Status of the proposal
Status	rejected
Reason	no support. Pecopteris (talk) 06:49, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Details of the proposal
Project description	A repository of documented, editable, downloadable, open source web apps in HTML5 under a creative commons or GNU license. The structure would be similar to wikibooks but instead of books, each top-level directory would contain an app. Each app would have a home page that would link to further pages, e.g. documentation, discussion about the app, a directory with the latest stable version, another directory with the current developer version etc. The scope would be limited to HTML5 web apps, which would allow readers to easily download a version of an app without bothering with compilers or other tools apart from a web browser. (WikiCode is a project proposal for other programming languages.) The project would benefit in multiple ways from being part of Wikimedia: many users would be familiar with the way this project is organized, there is already a revision history system in place, the apps could include images, audio, video, text sources, and/or data from other projects that are automatically updated, it might be possible to implement a form of documentation generation or literate programming by using wiki markup templates, etc.
Is it a multilingual wiki?	many language versions
Potential number of languages	each version only one language but many language versions
Proposed tagline	Imagine a world in which every single device on the planet is given free access to all kinds of apps. Imagine a world where you can edit all your apps on all your devices. Imagine a world without differences between app users and app programmers. Imagine a world where every app you download is not only a tool but a source of inspiration and an invitation to participate in the app's development. And now imagine to create this world. There is a chance for that.
Technical requirements
New features to require	The project would require the possibility to upload active JavaScript code.
Interested participants
Martin Kraus (talk)
v t e