Re: [WikiEN-l] NPR on Roth-Library Link of the Day

2012-09-14 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 09/12/12 2:32 AM, Thomas Morton wrote: However; it's a bad hack because in many fields you need to be an expert to be able to properly write about the subject. I have a deep interest in religious history; you couldn't call me an expert, but I have studied the subject to undergraduate level

Re: [WikiEN-l] VIP Treatment

2012-09-14 Thread WereSpielChequers
Re Matthew Jacobs and the periodic reconfirmation idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/RFA_reform#Periodic_reconfirmation There's also the point that some of us don't like the idea of admins becoming a small elite group within the community. OK we are already quite a way from

Re: [WikiEN-l] VIP Treatment

2012-09-14 Thread Matthew Jacobs
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:12:51 +0100 From: Phil Nash phn...@blueyonder.co.uk Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] VIP Treatment - Original Message - From: Matthew Jacobs sxeptoman...@gmail.com To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 6:02 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [WikiEN-l] VIP Treatment

2012-09-14 Thread David Gerard
On 14 September 2012 19:39, Matthew Jacobs sxeptoman...@gmail.com wrote: I never claimed it was a new idea. I'm aware various versions are brought up, though people often try to tinker with it and end up making it more complicated than it needs to be. I was asked what I think would help fix