On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:26 PM, SlimVirgin <slimvir...@gmail.com> wrote:
Great examples :-) Building on them for a moment: > Just glancing at new articles now, I see (no sources): > > [[Quksace agjke]]: "quksace agjke is a term in ancient Chinese. > quksace means quick and agjke means aggies. Back to 1902, students > from Texas A&M University visit in China." Spam script: "welcome! the article you recently created, [[Quksace agjke]], was considered unhelpful, and has been deleted. Please do not spam Wikipedia. Read the following [long detailed policy pages pages] to learn how to edit, and how to create your new article." Newbie encourager; "very funny. please keep the bad jokes in your userspace ;) there are actually a bunch of Aggie articles that need work [link to category]. you might want to add some [userboxes] to your page to indicate where you are from. also: welcome! [link to a quick newbie's guide]" > [[Mama Wiggles]]: "Mama Wiggles is a noted showgirl and burlesque > dancer mostly famous for her turn in the 2005, Saskatoon based > stage-production of "Moulin Rougue" in which she played the character > Fat Peggy. She also concurrently holds the record for eating the most > poutine in one sitting (4,400 servings)." Spam script; "An article you created has been nominated for deletion. Please go there to discuss it." Newbie greeter: "Moulin Rougue! Look out for the rougue admins, who are even now deleting poor Mama Wiggles. If you're from around Saskatoon, there's a WikiProject for your area [link] and some requests for articles and images... maybe you can get a photo of poutine featured on the main apge one day. Welcome :)" > [[Todd Marcus]]: "Edison High School '92-'96 Irvine Strikers '94-'96 > Westmont College '96-'00 Chicago Sockers '99 Southern California > Seahorses '02-'03 Santa Barbara F.C. '96-'02" NPP: "your article had no sources and did not indicate notability. BALEETED" Greeter: "Hi, who is Todd Marcus? You should list some of his achievements if you want to write an article about him; or just add him tothe roster of [[Santa Barbara F.C.]] (hmm, that article doesn't exist... is that the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos?)" > They do have their work cut out. :) Both greeters and quality-patrollers do :) Their work doesn't have to conflict. S. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l