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* Demonstrated feasibility. - Can you do it in the set amount of time with the number of people and the amount of funding you have (and still retain your sanity)? Prove it. A project plan helps a lot with this.
* Demonstrated feasibility. - Can you do it in the set amount of time with the number of people and the amount of funding you have (and still retain your sanity)? Prove it. A project plan helps a lot with this.
* Know your competition. - Have others done this in the past? (If yes, who are they? If no, why not - why would nobody have solved this problem before?)
* Know your competition. - Have others done this in the past? (If yes, who are they? If no, why not - why would nobody have solved this problem before?)

== translations table ==

need a way to facilitate moving between languages on really good project ideas. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] 21:42, 24 July 2007 (EDT)

<table>
<tr style="background:#96cae4">
<td>'''Category'''</td>
<td>'''Project name'''</td>
<td>'''Translations'''</td></tr>

<tr>
<td>General category</td>
<td>Name of the project / main wikipage</td>
<td>[http://www.link-to-article-english.html English]</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Art</td>
<td>[[OLPC webcomic]]</td>
<td>[[OLPC webcomic|english]]</td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td>Accessibility</td>
<td>[[WikiTranscript]]</td>
<td>[[WikiTranscript|english]]</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Community-building</td>
<td>[[OLPC volunteers portal]]</td>
<td>[[Wiki Family Tree]]</td>
<td>[[Wiki Family Tree|english]]</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Education</td>
<td>[[Learning4Content]]</td>
<td>[[Learning4Content|english]]</td>
<tr>
</table>

Revision as of 01:42, 25 July 2007

merging from the intern applications page; nikki's project should come out and be directly posted here, or on a subpage; while her personal application with private details can be a user subpage... the idea being that noone else is going to update her personl info, but others may have ideas about how to improve on her project idea/suggestion. Sj talk 02:14, 19 July 2007 (EDT)

What makes a good project proposal?

Starting a list - not a binding thing or a judging criteria, but perhaps some good general suggestions from people who have written project proposals before. Please help add things! Mchua 04:14, 21 July 2007 (EDT)

  • Clearly stated goal. - Otherwise known as a thesis statement... what are you trying to do, and why should we care about it?
  • Demonstrated feasibility. - Can you do it in the set amount of time with the number of people and the amount of funding you have (and still retain your sanity)? Prove it. A project plan helps a lot with this.
  • Know your competition. - Have others done this in the past? (If yes, who are they? If no, why not - why would nobody have solved this problem before?)

translations table

need a way to facilitate moving between languages on really good project ideas. Mchua 21:42, 24 July 2007 (EDT)

Category Project name Translations
General category Name of the project / main wikipage English
Art OLPC webcomic english
Accessibility WikiTranscript english
Community-building OLPC volunteers portal Wiki Family Tree english
Education Learning4Content english