Wikipedia:Turnitin/Timeline

A brief overview of developments, when they happened, and what they entailed. Future steps/plans are below in the 'pending' section.

Completed

• March 15 - Idea presented by Ocaasi to Maggie Dennis and Dcoetzee.
• March 23 - Preliminary conversation between Turnitin Chief Operating Officer and Ocaasi. Discussed general background and concept.
• March 30 - Conversation between Turnitin Vice President of Marketing and Ocaasi. Discussed objections, attribution, and next steps.
• May 16 - Conference call between key editors and Turnitin officials
• May 25 - Turnitin provides memo confirming interest
• July 14 - Wikimania meetings with Legal and Community departments
• August 3 - WMF reviews legal and Foundation issues, approves a community RfC
• August 4 - Draft RfC

Pending

• Introduce idea to WP:CCI and WP:VPR
• First prototype of Wikipedia-specific algorithm developed
• Pilot run of Turnitin software proposed
• Pilot run of Turnitin software approved
• Results from pilot run of Turnitin software
• Feedback and analysis from WP:CCI, WP:FA, WP:GA, and WP:DYK
• Conference call between editors and Turnitin to discuss pilot results
• Present finished proposal at WP:VPR and Jimbo's talk page
• RfC on second proposal at WP:VPR, WP:CCI, or WP:Turnitin
• Integrate Turnitin reports with MadmanBot to tag articles and update notices
• Create Wikipedia page to rank suspected violations
• Expand reports to run on all relevant/desired articles