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Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0

In this article, we are going to explore the topic of Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0 in depth, analyzing its many facets and its relevance today. From its origin to its impact on society, through its different perspectives and approaches, this article will comprehensively address everything related to Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0. Through a detailed and rigorous analysis, we will delve into this fascinating topic to understand its scope and importance in different areas, from science to culture, thus offering a comprehensive and enriching vision. Without a doubt, Wikipedia:Pushing to 1.0 is a topic of great relevance that deserves to be explored in depth, and that is precisely what we propose to do in the following lines.

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For further iterations and the completed release version, see Wikipedia:Release Version Nominations and Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team.
For general information on English snapshots of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Snapshots.

The purpose of this page is to focus effort on how to achieve the proposed static (paper/CD/DVD) versions of Wikipedia and how to produce a validated selection of Wikipedia articles, called Wikipedia 1.0. All activities are coordinated through the editorial team, which is open to all Wikipedia editors. Items shown in italics are currently active areas for the project.

Agreed principles of Wikipedia 1.0:

  • A 'validated' set of articles (Standard unspecified)
  • These articles would be suitable for release in print, CD and DVD.
  • The process of validation and making ready for publication will not affect the existing wiki process for creating and amending articles, other than flagging specific versions of articles as being of a certain standard.

Requirements:

  • Some method of validating articles and assessing these using these criteria or something similar. (NOW DONE)
  • Validation and assessment of suitable articles.
  • Discussion and agreement on the scope for DVD and paper versions.
  • Some mechanism within the software for easy access to the last stable version. (See Wikipedia:Stable versions).
  • Some method of amending articles so they are suitable for publication.
  • A set of standards: see: Grading scheme
    • B-Class: Usable articles (previously called the Wikipedia 0.5 standard)
    • FA and A-Class: Featured articles, or approaching FA (previously called the Wikipedia 1.0 standard)
    • Extension standard required for electronic publication (CD/DVD)
    • Extension standard required for a paper publication

Note on publishing

All published articles should normally be based on either the usable (B-Class) or featured (FA/A-Class) standard. When topics are considered highly important, or a key part of a set, decent Start-Class articles may be included. However, due to the requirements of publishing there will need to be extension standards for electronic and paper publications. For instance, Mandriva requires us to remove all fair-use images for legal reasons for their intended DVD release of Wikipedia.

Publishing history

From the English Wikipedia we have seen the following releases so far:

Historical debate on the mailing lists

There have been a number of interesting debates on the mailing lists about Wikipedia 1.0 in 2003 when the idea was first seriously raised. The points raised are still very relevant:

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