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