Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Carcharoth wrote: > lobbying groups. A look through the articles in this category (if > accurately placed there) may help UK readers of this mailing list to > see what "public policy" means: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_policy_in_the_United_Kingd

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

Yes, it is both a US centric and English Wikipedia Centric project. Have a look at the FAQ "which universities will be involved" section. Not really the WMF's fault given that the money is coming

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

I archived the original post without reply because the message being forwarded was so full of indefinite terms that I wasn't sure exactly what was being said. I do hope that the WMF is not growing fond of waffly terminology. "Keep it simple", and all that. AGK ___

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

It would help if someone explained what "public policy" articles are. I've never heard of the term before, except vaguely in relation to politics and local and national government and lobbying in the area of governmental policy and legislation, but maybe I should have a look at the Wikipedia articl

[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

Hoi, Given that this was published two hours ago and, not published on Foundation-l, I forward it. It is rather intriguing. I am interested to learn what the community thinks of this and, if this is another en.wp only project. Thanks, GerardM -- Forwarded message -- From: Fra

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

(Oh god, MediaWiki humour. I'm at a new low.) AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

>It's probably a feature. If not, we need to work out how to make it into one. Special:Complain? Extension:Whine? ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/li

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

On 5 May 2010 14:45, AGK wrote: >> Not that deafening whinging when it goes live is not 100% guaranteed >> no matter how much work is done first ;-p > Course. That's all but a given with our community, isn't it? :) It's probably a feature. If not, we need to work out how to make it into one.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

> Not that deafening whinging when it goes live is not 100% guaranteed > no matter how much work is done first ;-p Course. That's all but a given with our community, isn't it? :) AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

On 5 May 2010 13:31, AGK wrote: >>As of today, I'm working as a contractor at Wikimedia Foundation, >>helping out with several things, one of which being the Flagged Revs >>rollout. > Welcome Rob. Everybody is eager to get FlaggedRevs finished and > installed, so the speedier the work gets compl

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

>As of today, I'm working as a contractor at Wikimedia Foundation, >helping out with several things, one of which being the Flagged Revs >rollout. Welcome Rob. Everybody is eager to get FlaggedRevs finished and installed, so the speedier the work gets completed the better. AGK __

[WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

Hi folks, As of today, I'm working as a contractor at Wikimedia Foundation, helping out with several things, one of which being the Flagged Revs rollout. One thing I'm going to be helping William and the crew out with is working out some of the unanswered questions in the description of the rollo

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia trumps Britannica

Implementing flagged revisions to get rid of the vandalism would make it an even better resouce! Alan Liefting Keith Old wrote: > Folks, > > According to John Graham-Cumming, Wikipedia is a better resource for > researchers than Britannica. > > ___