Re: [Foundation-l] "Vital Articles" underperforming?
It's hard to write articles about general topics, general principles, overviews. Just describing a detail, one specific thing, is much easier and can be done in an assembly line style. Also, niche topics always seem to be more attractive than the normal stuff. English Wikipedia nearly has more on the obscure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-stroke_engine (given that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-_and_four-stroke_engines should be counted in) than on the run-of-the-mill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-stroke_engine Peter User:Pjacobi ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia
I see the ads. And I don't see the value added provided by Wikiwix, which puts them on equal footing with Google or Bing. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Closing the Circle to Published Content (was Re: Evil Book)
The problem with LLC is, that on many of their amazon pages,. Wikipedia isn't mentioned at all. Example: http://www.amazon.de/Himmelsmechanik-Gravitation-Keplersche-Titius-Bode-Reihe-Ereignishorizont/dp/1159048118 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Growth vs. maintenance
The problem I see most, is Wikipedia articles becoming stale. No corrections to defects, even those already been identified on talk pages and in maintenance templates. The worst 20% of Wikipedia just doesn't get better. Perhaps the entire worse half of Wikipedia. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing: 1900+ copy&pasted books from Wikipedia
I want to add another aspect, which makes Alphacript a PITA: Their arbitrary selection of author names. From all those contributors of all articles included in their (usually incompetently compiled) selection, they just pick the "best sounding", i.e. realnamish, on the front and into the amazon system. So if you are editing under your real name, e.g. [[de:Benutzer:Florian_Adler]], you can find yourself prominently linked to this scam. I assume some of the affected users have already made Alphscript stop this. I don't find Norbert Dragon anymore on their listings. As a professor of physics he surely wasn't amused to be named as the author of some overpriced compilations of mediocre articles. Regards, Peter ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission
The issue is still unresolved. de:User:Mautpreller, who filed the original complaint, just affirmed that there is still no answer. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Checkuser/Anfragen#Ombudskommission So, just doing nothing may be a way of telling de:User:Mautpreller that his complaint is considered pointless, but this method of (non-)communication seems out of place for complaints regarding such a central topic as the privacy policy. Regards, Peter *:User:Pjacobi ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Ombudsman commission
On dewiki there is a discussion whether the Ombudsman commission does fulfill its mission. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Checkuser/Anfragen#Ombudskommission Some months ago there was a checkuser action which was questioned by some users and the Ombudsman commission was asked to investigate the case. The only dewiki member of the Ombudsman commission did recuse himself from the case. The other members can't be reached or don't comment. Regards, Peter [[User:Pjacobi]] ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is not the Karma Sutra, was Re: commons and freely licensed sexual imagery
Hi David, All, On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:50 PM, David Gerard wrote: > The obvious thing to do would be for a third party to offer a > filtering service. So far there are no examples, suggesting there is > negligible demand for such filtering in practice - many individuals > have said they want filtering, but not so much they want to do the > work themselves. This is just a sub-item of a pet peeve of mine. Why aren't there successfull mirrors for reading Wikipedia? There is obviously room for enhancement in the Wikipedia reading experience, and a customizable parental control would be only one of possibilities. If done well enough, users would tolerate mild advertising in exchange and so it seems to be a valid business model. WMF should even be thankful for lessening the load to their servers. Regards, Peter ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Are model releases required for 'Free' content? (was: Sexual Content on Wikimedia)
David Gerard wrote: > I didn't add "(or are supposed to be)". Now I'm wondering if I was > thinking of the personality rights tag. Can you please give an example link to the tag you are talking about? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Are model releases required for 'Free' content? (was: Sexual Content on Wikimedia)
David Gerard wrote: > At the moment pictures with people in are tagged with a warning that a > reuser may have to consider model release and personality rights, and > Commons guarantees nothing. It's not clear from your message why this > is inadequate. I don't see this tag at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Topless_Barcelona.jpg and in other pages discussed here. Are talking about an effort to add these tags which just has started? Regards, Peter ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
