[WikiEN-l] Knowino

2011-04-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
.) If you're interested, I encourage you to check out Knowino at http://knowino.org. Thanks, Tom. -- Thomas Larsen http://basicprogramming.org ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https

Re: [WikiEN-l] Citizendium

2009-04-14 Thread Thomas Larsen
, moderation, and rating. —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] Citizendium

2009-04-14 Thread Thomas Larsen
/ per se. Cheers, —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

2009-03-27 Thread Thomas Larsen
Oh, and by pending I meant unless events X or Y occur ... :-) —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

2009-03-26 Thread Thomas Larsen
, that's my few pence. —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

2009-03-26 Thread Thomas Larsen
Oh, and just to clarify—by golden meteorites and acts of God, etc. I meant that pending disastrous events wiping out humanity and thus our ability to record history, history is certain to exist in 1000 years. Cheers, —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Short 3RR-like blocks for incivility

2009-02-17 Thread Thomas Larsen
or fair. Personally, I advocate for (a) no blocks, (b) long-term blocks, or (c) permanent blocks, depending on the seriousness of the situation. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-30 Thread Thomas Larsen
day, —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

[WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-30 Thread Thomas Larsen
have a secure server up and running soon. Thanks, —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Larsen
Hi, I think it is a Chinese top. Yes, I think you're right. —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] NY Times article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-23 Thread Thomas Larsen
edit to an article, whether flagged or not.) is confusing at best, misleading at worst. Cheers, —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [WikiEN-l] Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0

2009-01-21 Thread Thomas Larsen
, and it might become slightly global, but it is not yet multilingual and it isn't free. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [WikiEN-l] Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0

2009-01-21 Thread Thomas Larsen
open, global, and diverse, like Citizendium. Citizendium is too bureaucratic for my taste, though, while I find Wikipedia too open; hence, I recently co-founded Epistemia (http://epistemia.org/). —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
Brittanica financed a study? I was under the impression the study was done independently *comparing* us to Brittanica. Sorry, that was my mistake. I meant the Nature study comparing Wikipedia to Britannica ... —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hacker does not equal Cracker

2009-01-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
crackers. Hackers aren't crackers, and crackers aren't hackers. Hackers build things, crackers break things. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
that it is by any means perfect or that it has no (serious!) flaws. It simply means there's nothing better available. Epistemia aims to provide something better. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
for the encouragement, and I invite you to join ... —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
approach. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

[WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-15 Thread Thomas Larsen
of disruptive and malicious people. Well, Richard Austin and I would like to invite you to check it out yourself and formulate your own opinions—see http://epistemia.org/. Best and friendly regards, —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-15 Thread Thomas Larsen
aims to maintain scholarly standards—in other words, professional standards of writing, etc. I invite you to contribute! —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-15 Thread Thomas Larsen
projects, page would be helpful, and I'll start writing one. Cheers, —Thomas Larsen ___ 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] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-15 Thread Thomas Larsen
in Wikipedia's vein, that addresses perceived problems without doing something too drastic like requiring account approval, will be interested and willing to check the project out. That said, I'm very open to other suggestions. Cheers! —Thomas Larsen

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcing Epistemia, a new wiki encyclopedia

2009-01-15 Thread Thomas Larsen
on topics which aren't particular popular. Sure, but civility wasn't on your list. I guess I, confusingly, grouped it under not responsible :-). —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimediaau-l] CC licensing implemented for the ABS

2008-12-24 Thread Thomas Larsen
for society in both the long and the short term. As I live in Australia, I'd now I'd like to see Linux being used widely by the Australian Government and in schools across the country ... —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [WikiEN-l] Subscription idea

2008-12-24 Thread Thomas Larsen
or at least freely accessible--that will benefit both experts, amateurs, and indeed all the public. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia and indecent content

2008-12-22 Thread Thomas Larsen
that prompted the IWF ban? I hope that we can engage in polite, reasoned intellectual debate rather than hinging on ILIKEIT/IDONTLIKEIT bigotry. Cheers and best regards, —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe

Re: [WikiEN-l] Subscription idea

2008-12-22 Thread Thomas Larsen
to be an encyclopedia, and thus claim to abide by all the relevant scholary content standards, it'd be welcomed, I think, in academia. Cheers, —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https

Re: [WikiEN-l] flagged revvvs

2008-12-22 Thread Thomas Larsen
would, perhaps? What's needed is a really clear explanation which does not use arcane words such as flagging or sighting. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia and indecent content

2008-12-22 Thread Thomas Larsen
or not such an image is appropriate for an encyclopedia such as Wikipedia claims to be, and whether or not including it is in accordance with established standards of content scholarship. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia and indecent content

2008-12-22 Thread Thomas Larsen
looked at the image myself, and have no intention of doing so, as I noted in my post. Isn't it possible to just describe the picture textually, without actually showing it? More importantly, is showing the image actually scholarly? My main argument against inclusion is that it isn't. —Thomas Larsen

Re: [WikiEN-l] Scientists told publish in Wikipedia or else

2008-12-18 Thread Thomas Larsen
. These people might object to having their knowledge placed on Wikipedia to be torn apart and/or built up by the ignorant masses (no offense intended). The idea might work, but I'm willing to step out and say that I don't think it will. On the other hand, I might be pleasantly wrong :-). --Thomas

Re: [WikiEN-l] Scientists told publish in Wikipedia or else

2008-12-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
Hi, So, if I read this correctly, anybody wanting to get an article published in this particular journal will need to write an article for Wikipedia first? That's one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. Personally, I object to writing any full-blown article on Wikipedia from conscientious

Re: [WikiEN-l] Joseph Farah: Another dissatisfied customer

2008-12-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
Or *not*. {{fact}} Repetition only makes something a fact in church. Sorry, I don't understand your point here. Are you denying that libel can seriously hurt real people? Or that Wikipedia suffers from libel? Or that Wikipedia fails to act effectively enough against libel? Repetition only

Re: [WikiEN-l] Joseph Farah: Another dissatisfied customer

2008-12-16 Thread Thomas Larsen
Or *not*. {{fact}} Repetition only makes something a fact in church. Sorry, I don't understand your point here. Are you denying that libel can seriously hurt real people? Or that Wikipedia suffers from libel? Or that Wikipedia fails to act effectively enough against libel? Repetition only

Re: [WikiEN-l] Joseph Farah: Another dissatisfied customer

2008-12-15 Thread Thomas Larsen
are correct than on actually being reliable. That's my opinion, anyway ... --Thomas Larsen ___ 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] JarlaxleArtemis/Grawp

2008-12-15 Thread Thomas Larsen
vandalism that would be common from a two-year-old. And what he's doing is illegal, too. He's taking a huge risk. Why can't some people simply apologise and move on, or at least move on? There are other things that are far more worthy of one's time, Wikipedia-related and not. --Thomas Larsen

Re: [WikiEN-l] Anti-intellectualism

2008-12-11 Thread Thomas Larsen
someone to become more knowledgeable and to produce better scholarship. Perhaps there's an underlying issue that needs to be solved here. --Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] Suggestion on how referencing system could be improved

2008-12-05 Thread Thomas Larsen
in writing articles. If that's the case, then my syntax would correct this problem that you, Matthew, mention: instead of being identified only by a number, references would be identified by a unique textual ID. Cheers, --Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing

[WikiEN-l] Suggestion on how referencing system could be improved

2008-12-04 Thread Thomas Larsen
== reference id=smithDavid Smith. ''History of Wednesdays.'' History Magazine, 2019./reference This makes the raw wikitext easier to read, since the text of the actual reference is in the _references_ section instead of in the page's primary content. I think this could work ... --Thomas

Re: [WikiEN-l] Suggestion on how referencing system could be improved

2008-12-04 Thread Thomas Larsen
everybody for your thoughts. --Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l