Ideas for Wikimedia Mobile Experiments

Some design ideas for student projects willing to use Wikimedia content such as Wikipedia or Commons in innovative ways.

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1. Ideas for Wikimedia Mobile Experiments http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosenfeldmedia/3978119393/
2. Small mobile apps • Based on Wikimedia content and APIs • Use content in new ways • Follow design and development practises • Licensed as Open source
3. Project ideas What if…
4. Trends Discover interesting topics on Wikipedia that you don’t even know they existed?
5. Trends We can surface articles that people are reading or editing near you. We can highlight the updates on the articles you read.
6. Trends Related projects Listen to Wikipedia Weeklypedia Current events Wikipedia vision
7. Answers You could just ask what you cannot find on Wikipedia.
8. Answers Other users can suggest (and vote) answers from Wikipedia or other sources.
9. Answers Correct answers get points. Users are encouraged to add missing information into Wikipedia for additional points.
10. Answers Related projects Popular Q&A sites such as Quora or StackOverflow. #lazyweb (questions on twitter, facebook..)
11. Board Create boards with different content from Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia articles, images, quotes, books...)
12. Board Get updates of new content (e.g., new images on the subject) and other updates (e. g., changes in the article).
13. Board Related projects Ducksboard WikiTrack Sumly
14. Slides Select media from Wikimedia Commons...
15. Slides ...to create simple presentations you can share.
16. Slides Related projects Slides Powerpoint, Keynote...
17. Gymkhana Check-in in nearby places and find images about them you can locate...
18. Gymkhana ...or add new pictures if they are missing.
19. Gymkhana Related projects Foursquare WikiLoves Monuments
20. and many more • Wikidata games are examples of small contributions that can be fun on mobile. • Discover and classify images and filter inappropriate ones • Learn languages with multi-language info. • Listen to wikipedia articles or follow Wikibook recipes. • …