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This is the Version 1.0 Editorial Team page.

General background

In late 2003, Jimmy Wales had proposed making an offline release version of Wikipedia. This group was formed in late 2004 to meet this challenge. Our work involves identifying and organizing articles, and improving and maintaining a core set. Our work does not hinder the existing wiki process for creating and editing articles, but rather it supports that work by providing additional organization. We aim to produce collections that can be used in places where the internet coverage is expensive or non-existent.

See these more detailed related articles:

• Guide to Wikipedia Release Version tools
• Wikipedia 1.0 FAQs
• Wikipedia 1.0 Release Version Criteria
• Broad overview of Wikimedia's Offline Project

How you can help

Main page: Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/To do

You are encouraged to join us and help out with one of the projects, or to discuss Wikipedia 1.0 on the talk page. A significant part of our work centers around maintaining the assessment scheme, which is now used on more than six million articles by over 2000 WikiProjects on the English Wikipedia. It is also being used on other language projects. Generally work on this team is sporadic – periods of hectic activity followed by long periods of waiting! Often work is long and tedious – checking through a list of 22,000 instances of profanities one by one, organizing 10,000 keywords taken from category names, or dealing with technical bugs when the assessment bot fails for no apparent reason. However, it is all worth it in the end.

Our strategy has been intensely debated, but the group has reached a consensus. We elected not to follow the German model. Instead we chose to start with a core of quality articles on key subjects and expand from there. We have produced three test versions: Version 0.5, Version 0.7, and Version 0.8 with the goal of releasing better collections of articles in due course. The next general release is generically referred to as "Release Version" while our first "official" comprehensive release will be called Version 1.0. These collections are then made available for offline use using a reader such as Kiwix, which was chosen as Sourceforge project of the month. The project was on hiatus for several years because of the loss of our main developer. However, as of February 2016, a new group of developers has begun work on upgrading the code and the process, in order to start producing new collections again, especially collections for schools.

Current needs

Although we have much of the requisite system automated, there are still some outstanding tasks:

• Preparation of a reliable index. If you can write code and you're interested in how to map category trees into a useful index (not as easy as it sounds!) please contact Walkerma.
• Reviewing manual nominations. Whenever there is a new release being planned, we need volunteers to review a few articles and process them.
• Propose useful "guide" pages to be added, such as lists and disambiguation pages.
• Check for vandalism in the selected version-IDs of the articles.
• Develop nice pages for navigation through the content, such as subject portals.
• Test the reader software, and find and report bugs.
• Help with distribution, especially in remote areas without Internet access.

Please let us know on the Talk page if you can help with any of these.

Status

At present, the only active components are:

• The assessment scheme, which is used by WikiProjects for organizing their content. We are currently looking for someone who can maintain the WP 1.0 bot which updates assessment lists daily; as of April 1, 2017, the bot is stalled, and must be run manually. Please contact Walkerma if you wish to help.
• Production of article selections for schools, in collaboration with various people from Kiwix the One Laptop Per Child organization. Please contact Walkerma if you wish to help.

The last "official" general selection was Version 0.8, which was released on 3 March 2011. We had intended to develop version 0.9, but problems with the code prevented this. One of the long term goals is to produce Version 1.0, which is intended to include a comprehensive index and a version (RevID) quality control system (the latter was used on 0.8).

To select articles, we are mainly using a bot-assisted selection process based on assessment by individual WikiProjects, where articles are selected automatically based on quality and importance project rankings. We have also developed a method to automate the version selection using WikiTrust, to ensure that vandalism does not remain in our offline releases; we may also use Flagged Revisions if feasible.

RevID selection

Based on recent discussions (at the 2017 Potsdam hackathon and since), we plan to reactivate RevID selection. Previously code based on WikiTrust was used in Version 0.8, and this appeared to produce a largely vandalism-free collection of articles. This worked by scoring each RevID based on the edits remaining in it, and choosing the most "trustworthy" recent RevID based on the WikiTrust algorithm.

For Versions 0.9 and 1.0, the current proposal is to use a combination of both mw:ORES and WikiTrust, which appear to be somewhat complementary in their methods. As of September 2017, discussions are under way with Prof. Luca de Alfaro (the developer of WikiTrust), who plans to update the code just for RevID scoring/selection (without text markup).

Wikipedia 1.0 projects

Active projects

If you would like to start a new project, please discuss it on the talk page first before adding it here.

Wikipedia 1.0 Projects
Name	Summary of overall strategy	Coordinator	Description of activities
School selection	Put together selections of 1 GB – 10 GB sizes for use in high schools and elementary schools	User:Walkerma and others	Uses new code that starts with a seed and works out, guided by the WP 1 selection ranking to guide it
Work via WikiProjects (WVWP)	Use "networking" to mobilise our existing subject specialists	User:Walkerma	Organise and facilitate compilation of article lists from the WikiProjects and seek to identify important topics within each WikiProject's area of expertise. Locate important topics that are currently not being managed by projects. In conjunction with WP:COUNCIL, the project serves as a link with the editing community, and may later help locate expert reviewers.

Past releases

Past Wikipedia 1.0 Projects
Name	Summary of overall strategy	Month of release	Description of activities	Website	Next release
Version 0.5	A test release prior to release of Version 1.0 above.	April 2007	A test release designed to pave the way for Version 1.0. Used manual nominations and approval based on importance and quality. Approval was by only one person, from the review team.	Okawix	Version 0.7
Version 0.7	A test release of automated article selections, prior to release of Version 1.0 above.	Early 2010	A test release designed to pave the way for Version 1.0. Used SelectionBot to make an article selection based on importance and quality. Vandalism prevention used a script, with manual checks, which delayed the release significantly. [1]	Kiwix, ZIM download	Version 0.8
Version 0.8	A test release of automated article selections, prior to release of Version 1.0 above.	March 2011	A test release designed to pave the way for Version 1.0. Version 0.8 used bot-assisted article selection, with manual adjustments based on feedback from WikiProjects. Used as a test of the WikiTrust revisionID selection code - this worked well.	Wikipedia:Version 0.8/downloads.	Version 0.9
2006 Wikipedia CD Selection (previously called "Test Version")	Work with release version done off site that was coordinated by BozMo	April 2006	2000 articles with content filtered/selected for use by children (see Wikipedia:Wikipedia CD Selection).	No longer available - see 2008/9 release below	2007 Wikipedia CD Selection (below)
2007 Wikipedia CD Selection	Work with release version done off site that was coordinated by BozMo	May 2007	4655 articles with content filtered/selected for use by children (see Wikipedia:Wikipedia CD Selection).	No longer available - see 2008/9 release below	2008/9 Wikipedia CD Selection (below)
2008/9 Wikipedia CD Selection	Work with release version done off site that was coordinated by BozMo	October 2008	5502 articles with content filtered/selected for use by children (see Wikipedia:Wikipedia CD Selection).	http://schools-wikipedia.org	Not yet known

Inactive projects

Inactive Wikipedia 1.0 Projects
Name	Summary of overall strategy	Coordinator	Description of activities
Authoritative Editions	Gives experts in each field the tools to review suitable articles in their area of expertise and give their okay to particular revisions.	Sj, Jeff Keller, Gnp	Allow editors to propose new groups; for example: "Featured Article review" or "American Physical Society peer review". Each blessing group would have a set of review guidelines. Each blessing group would consist of this set of guidelines, and a set of users who could bless a revision of an article as satisfying them. Articles with blessed revisions would display icons or links to last-blessed revisions.
Featured Articles First	reviewing older or problem FAs to ensure that quality is maintained, ready for inclusion of these articles in Wikipedia 1.0.		(Now a standard part of the FA system)
Geography project	to produce a descriptive gazetteer of the world for publication.		This could include an atlas, continents, countries and major cities. This would serve as a test bed for publishing Wikipedia 1.0, but could also be a valuable stand-alone product.
Three Level Editing	Users participate in a three part editing process to assure that pages are up to quality standards.		The first level is just a general check, the second level is a factual check, and the third level is a last "just in case" check. This process would assure that articles would be up to standards without putting too much responsibility on one user.
Biographies	Improve and assess biographical articles		Focus especially on the 200 Core Biographies, in conjunction with Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. .
Dynamic Pocket Cyclopedia	Lists most important FAs, FLs, and GAs.		An evolving list of no more than half of Wikipedia’s most important featured articles, featured lists, and designated good articles.
WikiSort	Integrate the sifting process into the Wiki.		Aims to use data from the planned user rating scheme to provide rankings of articles, such that important quality articles can be automatically identified for inclusion in Wikipedia 1.0. This project has been rendered obsolete by WikiProject-based assessments (see above).
Article assessment	To assess articles		This project has been rendered obsolete by WikiProject-based assessments (see above).

Stages to publication

The general process for producing an offline release

On the English Wikipedia, we use the Selection Bot as part of the selection process, using the WikiProject assessments to indicate the state of each article. The online version is held on the Kiwix server while undergoing cleanup. The offline format we use is ZIM format, and the conversion is performed by User:Kelson. Currently Linterweb, a French software company, is publishing our material.

Statistics

The WP 1.0 bot tracks assessment data (article quality and importance data for individual WikiProjects) assigned via Talk page banners. If you would like to add a new WikiProject to the bot's list, please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Using the bot.

The global summary table below is computed by taking the highest quality and importance rating for each assessed article in the main namespace.

All rated articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low ??? Total FA 1,389 2,217 2,151 1,519 167 7,443 FL 165 603 667 620 107 2,162 A 298 612 743 493 88 2,234 GA 2,729 6,301 12,665 15,389 1,691 38,775 B 14,441 27,946 44,806 45,437 17,334 149,964 C 14,281 44,431 107,281 195,466 69,029 430,488 Start 18,718 87,800 375,183 1,228,541 379,532 2,089,774 Stub 4,443 32,415 275,917 2,494,512 858,243 3,665,530 List 4,290 14,888 45,310 144,676 77,342 286,506 Assessed 60,754 217,213 864,723 4,126,653 1,403,533 6,672,876 Unassessed 117 502 1,670 15,918 423,096 441,303 Total 60,871 217,715 866,393 4,142,571 1,826,629 7,114,179 About this table

Participants

Active

Please give your name information and how you would like to help. Please take a look at the To Do List for information on specific current needs.

Name	Special interests	WP 1.0 Projects
Geraldshields11 (talk · contribs · count)	I am interested in sending an electronic copy into outer space on various spacecraft and also transmittal.
Maurreen (talk · contribs · count)
DENAMAX (talk · contribs · count)
Jmabel (talk · contribs · count)
Andrevan (talk · contribs · count)
Fuzheado (talk · contribs · count)
David Gerard (talk · contribs · count)
Hawstom (talk · contribs · count)
Jdforrester (talk · contribs · count)
Ed Poor (talk · contribs · count)
Sj (talk · contribs · count)
Poli (talk · contribs · count)
Walkerma (talk · contribs · count)	Assessment & validation, chemistry	Core topics, WVWP, V0.5 onwards
Shanel (talk · contribs · count)
Fredrik (talk · contribs · count)
Tastemyhouse (talk · contribs · count)
Mahanga (talk · contribs · count)
AtionSong (talk · contribs · count)
Deckiller (talk · contribs · count)
Dante Alighieri (talk · contribs · count)
MatthewDBA (talk · contribs · count)
Erielhonan (talk · contribs · count)	NPOV/spelling/grammar/style mop-up	My topical interests are widely various, so my content edits will probably reflect that.
Titoxd (talk · contribs · count)	Assessment, cyclones	WVWP, V0.5N
Cormaggio (talk · contribs · count)
SushiGeek (talk · contribs · count)	Copyediting, Disney-related articles
Sunray (talk · contribs · count)	Culture, Society, Sustainability	Core topics
FT2 (talk · contribs · count)	Spirituality/religion, animal related, psychology/sexology Specialist enjoyment: intro redrafts and problem article cleanup.
That Guy, From That Show! (talk · contribs · count)
MilkMiruku (talk · contribs · count)	Music genres	WVWP
Wizzy (talk · contribs · count) (formerly Wikiwizzy)	CD and PDA release	0.5 version, WP:AFR
Alex Bakharev (talk · contribs · count)	Russian-related topics, Polymers, Australia	Portal:Russia, Portal:Ukraine
Kingboyk (talk · contribs · count)		WP:KLF, WP:BEATLES, WP:QUEEN, WP:F1
IRelayer (talk · contribs · count)	History, Computer Science, Aviation, Geography, Literature
Rlk89 (talk · contribs · count)
Caker18 (talk · contribs · count)	I am interested in the preservation of information in society.
Guettarda (talk · contribs · count)	Biology, Caribbean topics, science and society
KillerChihuahua (talk · contribs · count)
Trevor MacInnis (talk · contribs · count)	Aviation	Portal:Aviation creator and maintainer,Assessment
Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs · count)
A.Ou (talk · contribs · count) (formerly A.JH.Ou)
Warlordjohncarter~enwiki (talk · contribs · count) (formerly Warlordjohncarter)	assessment, religious biography, general religion/philosophy
SMcCandlish (talk · contribs · count)	Assessment, WikiProject template improvement with regard to assessments and such (long-term project). Topically: cue sports, albinism and various language articles, among others.	WVWP
Smith609 (talk · contribs · count) (formerly Verisimilus)	Natural sciences, esp. historical science.	WVWP
FunPika (talk · contribs · count) (formerly Funpika)	Assesment, Technology articles and videogame articles.	V 0.7
Dev920 (talk · contribs · count)	I am Coordinator of WP:LGBT, so I am quite experienced in that area.	Anything to do with actual publication, I am very keen to give us some offline legitimacy.
Remember (talk · contribs · count)
Kleinzach (talk · contribs · count)	Opera	WP:WPO
Pete	Oregon, politics & government, consensus process, proper citations, outdoors	WP:WPOR
Doc Strange	indie rock, music, movies, television	WP:V0.7
O (talk · contribs · count) (formerly Vishwin60)	Roads/highways, technology (mostly computers/computing)	WP:0.7, WP:1.0, WP:PENNA, WP:PHILLY, WP:LVPA, WP:USRD (and subprojects), WP:COMP (and descendant/related projects)
SilkTork (talk · contribs · count)	A variety of interests, though beer is the main one.	Beer
Calaka (talk · contribs · count)	Medical topics, anatomy etc.Will add wiki articles to their relevant projects & eventually every article is under a wikiproject.
Shruti14 (talk · contribs · count)	multiple fields	WP:V1.0
EncycloPetey (talk · contribs · count)	biology, especially botany, paleobiology, and organismal biology	WP:V1.0
Voretus (talk · contribs · count)	FF7
Cantabridgian (talk · contribs · count)	Copyediting
Renaissancee (talk · contribs · count)	Assessments, minor re-formatting, proofreading and review	Preferably Medical-related areas
SusanLesch (talk · contribs · count)	Assessments and reassessments
Spesh531 (talk · contribs · count)	Assessments and Re-assessments, reviewing country related things (like limited recognition's)	For now: Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Assessment, Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceans/Assessment, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Central Asia/Assessment
Tyrol5 (talk · contribs · count)	Article assessments
Mheart (talk · contribs · count)	Assessments, formatting.
Anirudh Emani (talk · contribs · count) (formerly Anikingos)	Assessing, copyediting, reviewing etc.
Aeonx (talk · contribs · count)	Article assessments and reassessments	WP:VA
SMasters (talk · contribs · count)	Article assessments and copyediting.
Salah Almhamdi (talk · contribs · count)	Arabic-related topics, biographies, proofreading etc.
TheLastAmigo (talk · contribs · count)	Film-related topics, particularly film awards and film genres	Wikipedia: WikiProject Films, Wikipedia: WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
Fortdj33 (talk · contribs · count)	Article assessments and reassessments	WP:WikiProject G.I. Joe, WP:WikiProject Transformers
Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs · count)	Typo fixing articles, ideally before the release.
Ruslik0 (talk · contribs · count)	Article assessments and reassessments preferably natural sciences articles
Jay Starz (talk · contribs · count)	Sports, mostly NBA, social events, and more.
John Broughton (talk · contribs · count)	Reducing the number of articles that have no assessments at all; reducing the number of articles where an automated assessment (based on length, number of footnotes, etc.) disagrees with the assigned assessment
yutsi (talk · contribs · count)
Polo (talk · contribs · count) (formerly Mediran)
Smuckola (talk · contribs · count)	new content creation, copyediting, citation harvesting and formatting, policy discussion, review and assessment, community building; biographies, discographies, video games, retrotech/retrogaming, etc
Iazyges (talk · contribs · count)	Roman history, and general military history
B20180 (talk · contribs · count)	General collaboration	Project importer into th.wikipedia community
UnitedStatesian (talk · contribs · count)	WikiProject engagement; categorization and tagging

Participants may add {{User WP1.0}} to their userpages, to add this userbox identifying them as a part of this project:

This user is a member of the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team.

Related pages

General

• Jimbo's proposal, Chicago Meetup - Jimbo's Oct 2004 ideas on how to get to 1.0.
• Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0 Early discussion page for brainstorming ideas, before this team was created.
• meta:Wikipedia 1.0
• meta:Static content group

Assessment and validation

• Wikipedia:Article assessment
• meta:Article validation and Wikipedia:Pushing to validation - argue the benefit of article validation and possible implementations
• Wikipedia:Flagged revisions (similar to the older "stable versions")
  • Wikipedia:Flagged revisions/Sighted versions
  • Wikipedia:Flagged revisions/Quality versions
  • Wikipedia:Flagged revisions/reliable revisions
  • Wikipedia:Flagged revisions/Checkpoints and grading
  • Demo version of flagged revisions
• Wikipedia:Footnotes
• Wikipedia:Peer review
• Wikipedia:Request for comment
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check

Wikipedia books

• Wikipedia:Books & meta:WikiReader - Wikipedia books are collections of articles from Wikipedia on a certain topic, in the form of PDFs published for download and intended to be printed, and also to be sold in printed form.
• The Book Tool, and Wiki to print, a collaboration between the Foundation and OSI/PediaPress.

Article selections

• Wikipedia:Vital articles
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles - Filling the gaps.
• Wikipedia:Good articles
• Featured Articles
  • Wikipedia:Featured article candidates
  • Wikipedia:Featured articles
  • Wikipedia:What is a featured article
  • Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates
• Wikipedia:Stable versions

See also

• List of online encyclopedias - compare Wikipedia with other projects