Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-04 Thread Peter Damian
- Original Message - From: "Nathan" To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005? > > Your own history, Peter, proves that you are incorrect; you are, &g

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-04 Thread Nathan
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Peter Damian wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "David Goodman" > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-04 Thread Peter Damian
- Original Message - From: "David Goodman" To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005? Oh yes and how could I forget this monstrosity http://en.wikipedia.o

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-04 Thread Peter Damian
- Original Message - From: "David Goodman" To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005? > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Peter Damian > wrote: >> &

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-04 Thread Peter Damian
- Original Message - From: "David Goodman" To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005? > I am not qualified to judge articles on philosophy on my own > und

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
> >We were talking > > about very aggressive editors who know absolutely > nothing of the subject, > > and drive away specialist editors. > > > > I see an equal proportion of very aggressive editors among > the expert > as well as the non-expert editors.  Expertise does not > necessarily > mean a

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-03 Thread David Goodman
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Peter Damian wrote: > >We were talking > about very aggressive editors who know absolutely nothing of the subject, > and drive away specialist editors. > I see an equal proportion of very aggressive editors among the expert as well as the non-expert editors. Expe

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
> Citing sources doesn't help because if Wikipedians don't > like the > sources, they want to know why we've chosen this source and > not some > other. No matter how canonical it is, it'll be questioned, > because > they don't realize it's part of the canon. You can make an argument based on how

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-03 Thread Peter Damian
- Original Message - From: "SlimVirgin" To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 1:54 AM Subject: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005? > On 2 October 2010 22:44, David Gerard wrote: > > But there has to be

[Foundation-l] Fwd: Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

2010-10-02 Thread SlimVirgin
On 2 October 2010 22:44, David Gerard wrote: > The problem is how to avoid making rules against stupidity. Because > you can't actually outlaw stupid. Experts already complain about > uncitability. I suppose we could advise experts on how to use citation > as a debating tactic. Unless we all sti