[WikiEN-l] The story of an article

2010-01-02 Thread Apoc 2400
Fascinating! I note how the article Celilo Falls was created a brought up to four long paragraphs by User:67.168.209.23. Today IPs are not allowed to create articles and some want to limit it to accounts that are four days old and have made 10 edits. When introducing non-Wikipedians to the

Re: [WikiEN-l] The story of an article

2010-01-02 Thread altally
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Apoc 2400 apoc2...@gmail.com wrote: Fascinating! I note how the article Celilo Falls was created a brought up to four long paragraphs by User:67.168.209.23. Today IPs are not allowed to create articles and some want to limit it to accounts that are four days

Re: [WikiEN-l] The story of an article

2010-01-02 Thread David Gerard
2010/1/2 altally altal...@googlemail.com: Yes, it's not that difficult to create an account and wait a few days is it? It cuts off huge amounts of easy participation way too early. Citizendium is the extreme case of this, and their restrictive requirements have arguably crippled them and led

Re: [WikiEN-l] The story of an article

2010-01-02 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:25 PM, altally altal...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Apoc 2400 apoc2...@gmail.com wrote: Fascinating! I note how the article Celilo Falls was created a brought up to four long paragraphs by User:67.168.209.23. Today IPs are not allowed to

[WikiEN-l] The story of an article

2010-01-02 Thread Apoc 2400
Yes, it's not that difficult to create an account and wait a few days is it? You are making the mistake of assuming newcomers think like addicted Wikipedians or persistent troublemakers. This user only ever made about 25 edits and stayed just over a month, unless he or she got an account or