Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia approaches its limits - Technology Guardian

2009-08-17 Thread Charles Matthews
Steve Bennett wrote: The 1% reversion rate for experienced editors was also interesting. I doubt my edits get reverted at anything like that high a rate. Yes, the mean here might tell less than the median. (I.e. you'd expect to see very different figures for controversial and

Re: [WikiEN-l] Indywiki, a visual browser for Wikipedia

2009-08-17 Thread David Gerard
2009/8/17 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com: I don't get why there is any need for a dedicated Wikipedia browser. All we need is better skins, or possibly a better (web-side) interface. There have been a couple of attempts at dedicated browsers, but do any of them do anything that the right

Re: [WikiEN-l] Indywiki, a visual browser for Wikipedia

2009-08-17 Thread Emily Monroe
I don't get why there is any need for a dedicated Wikipedia browser. I agree. For one thing, there's the issue of making it accessible to Mac, Windows, and Linux. But yeah, it's good for inspiration. Emily On Aug 16, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:09 AM,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Request to Wikipedians for BBC Documentary

2009-08-17 Thread Cathy Edwards
Thanks so much to everyone who replied to my email about finding a 'deletionist' (for want of a better word). It's been really useful to hear your takes on the subject. The main points that have become clear to me from this discussion on and offlist is that 1. The inclusionist / deletionist

Re: [WikiEN-l] Request to Wikipedians for BBC Documentary

2009-08-17 Thread Carcharoth
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Cathy Edwardscathy.edwa...@bbc.co.uk wrote: snip 1. The inclusionist / deletionist debate peaked a few years ago It did? Maybe I haven't been paying attention. I was under the impression that notability guidelines were still a topic of heated debate as regards

Re: [WikiEN-l] Request to Wikipedians for BBC Documentary

2009-08-17 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/8/17 Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Cathy Edwardscathy.edwa...@bbc.co.uk wrote: snip 1. The inclusionist / deletionist debate peaked a few years ago It did? Maybe I haven't been paying attention. I was under the impression that notability

[WikiEN-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2009-08-17 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Strategic Planning office hours happen tomorrow - Tuesday - at Tuesdays from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: 1-2pm PDT; 4-5pm EDT. We're going to try having this conversation in #wikimedia-strategy instead of taking over #wikimedia. Hope to see you there! Philippe

Re: [WikiEN-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2009-08-17 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Correction - this will be at #wikimedia-strategicplan On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: Strategic Planning office hours happen tomorrow - Tuesday - at Tuesdays from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: 1-2pm PDT; 4-5pm EDT. We're going to try having this conversation in

Re: [WikiEN-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2009-08-17 Thread Keegan Paul
Good timing, I can make that. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Philippe Beaudette pbeaude...@wikimedia.org wrote: Strategic Planning office hours happen tomorrow - Tuesday - at Tuesdays from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: 1-2pm PDT; 4-5pm EDT. We're going to try having this conversation in