On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:26 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
Thomas Dalton just volunteered for something. Anyone got favoured VA
exhibits we don't have a pic of? Get back to him with room,
collection, cabinet, etc :-)
VA = Victoria and Albert, a London museum, to save you all the
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:30 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm working on the theory that volunteers will work hard at whatever
they damn well feel like. This is one way to get n00bs in, and
doesn't preclude other approaches.
Here's another: when someone searches for an article
Here's another: when someone searches for an article (let's say norwegian
antarctic expedition)
Incidentally, I find the following collection of facts rather curious in
their ensemble:
1) Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was one of the most requested redlinks,
with 25 or so hits
2) There is a
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
Here's another: when someone searches for an article (let's say norwegian
antarctic expedition)
Incidentally, I find the following collection of facts rather curious in
their ensemble:
1) Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com
wrote:
Here's another: when someone searches for an article (let's say
norwegian
antarctic expedition)
Incidentally, I find the following
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Carcharoth
carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com
wrote:
Here's another: when someone searches for an article (let's say
Steve Bennett wrote:
Here's another: when someone searches for an article (let's say norwegian
antarctic expedition) that doesn't exist, let's encourage them to add it -
we have successfully located someone interested in a topic that we don't
have an article about. This is a good start.
The
Steve Bennett wrote:
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:26 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
Thomas Dalton just volunteered for something. Anyone got favoured VA
exhibits we don't have a pic of? Get back to him with room,
collection, cabinet, etc :-)
VA = Victoria and Albert, a
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Something for Commons, though?
That's tricky, since Commons by definition only stores media, it doesn't
have a framework of concepts to hang media off by default. That's why it
would be very natural to
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Given the huge preponderance of readers over editors, the last point
really should be first (visit help desks). Then I would go to drafting:
If you are able to draft an article on this topic, you can
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Apoc 2400 apoc2...@gmail.com wrote:
I personally think we are at the stage where we should be spending time
improving what we have, rather than creating more work. We aren't low on
articles.
--Majorly
I find this view strange, and if it is a common
2009/12/6 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Something for Commons, though?
That's tricky, since Commons by definition only stores media, it doesn't
have a framework of concepts to hang media off by
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/12/6 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Something for Commons, though?
That's tricky, since Commons by definition only stores
Steve Bennett wrote:
Here's another: when someone searches for an article (let's say norwegian
antarctic expedition) that doesn't exist, let's encourage them to add it -
we have successfully located someone interested in a topic that we don't
have an article about. This is a good start.
2009/12/6 Daniel R. Tobias d...@tobias.name:
It's happened to me a few times, that I've created a new article
where I thought there was a gap, then later found there to be one
already under a slightly different name.
That'ds why quite a lot of my editing is actually creating redirects!
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:28 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/12/6 Daniel R. Tobias d...@tobias.name:
It's happened to me a few times, that I've created a new article
where I thought there was a gap, then later found there to be one
already under a slightly different name.
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
I've wanted to find out how many redirects I've created, but the
normal tools seem to ignore redirects. Anyone know how to list the
redirects you've created?
Carcharoth
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:08 PM, altally altal...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
I've wanted to find out how many redirects I've created, but the
normal tools seem to ignore redirects. Anyone know how to list the
redirects
One place to find new articles from unconfirmed users is
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPageshidepatrolled=1
But I also find rich picking at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Empty_pages_for_speedy_deletion
And sadly all to often at:
2009/12/6 WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@googlemail.com:
One place to find new articles from unconfirmed users is
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPageshidepatrolled=1
But I also find rich picking at:
I don't know whether this one is something you'd be interested in, David.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Repetitive_Electrical_Impulse_Noise
It looks interesting to me, but I have no technical knowledge, so there
could be a problem with it I'm not spotting.
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Date: 2009/12/6
Subject: [Foundation-l] reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated
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Erik Zachte ran another analysis on the numbers and
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:11, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
This is where what we think of as encyclopedic and what users look
up in Wikipedia may differ. I would guess someone got told that was
their Internet problem and couldn't find it in Wikipedia, so looked it
up and wrote a
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:08 PM, altally altal...@googlemail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Carcharoth
carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
I've wanted to find out how many redirects I've created, but the
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
Thanks! I thought 807 was quite a lot, but then I saw David has
created 1224... :-)
I daren't ask how many redirects we have in total, though I am sure
that is somewhere as well.
Aww, just shy of 600 here.
Steve
I feel inadequate. 32. :'(
-X!
On Dec 6, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Carcharoth
carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
Thanks! I thought 807 was quite a lot, but then I saw David has
created 1224... :-)
I daren't ask how many redirects we have in
Soxred93 wrote:
I feel inadequate. 32. :'(
Well, I have less than 1% of the total. But apparently more than 0.5%
Charles
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On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Carl (CBM) cbm.wikipe...@gmail.com wrote:
[snip]
For example, imagine a well-meaning newbie who sees that our article
Logic starts with Logic is the study of reasoning. This newbie
might change that to Logic is the art and science of correct
deduction, which is
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Soxred93 wrote:
I feel inadequate. 32. :'(
Well, I have less than 1% of the total. But apparently more than 0.5%
That would be around 20,000 redirects! boggle
What percentage of your (very high) overall
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:11 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
Yep, that'll be my coupla hours' Wikipedia tonight: rescuing articles
in the queue ...
Also have a look at the article incubator, where articles that barely fail
AfD get shunted.
Steve
I usually suggest to new-comers that they first spend some time
improving and updating articles in their field of interest to get
familiar with both editing mechanics and wikipedia culture. After
that, they are ready to write new articles. the two are compatible;
some users will always be
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:39 PM, David Goodman dgoodma...@gmail.com wrote:
I usually suggest to new-comers that they first spend some time
improving and updating articles in their field of interest to get
It depends what you mean by newcomer. I think it's easy to make the
mistake of assuming a
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote:
While I fully agree with your nowhere near finished position, the
argument
you presented here is especially weak.
All that shows is that the geodata coverage is not especially uniform.
Yeah, that map has been popping
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