Re: [WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

2009-04-10 Thread Tris Thomas
Objection, what I think most people have said is that they think you are probably correct in this little issue about being a co-founder, but to be honest they don't really care would prefer not to have their inbox filled with rubbish. Most people seem to think that complaining here is

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
I agree that in many instances, there can be a bitter editing war that doesn't necessarily end up with a NPOV being selected, but in my view, most of the time, patience persistence win, leading to most articles being relatively neutral. By no means would I say it was perfect there are

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
Bill-I'm sure there are some examples as you have shown of articles gone wrong, but I'm sure that these are in the minority. As far as I've found it, Wikipedia has been a generally neutral reliable source, with the odd exceptions. Tris On 09/04/2009 14:24, Bill Carter wrote: FT2: You must

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
Um, don't think so! Again, this is an isolated example. There may be many articles like this, but overall they will be a tiny percentage of the total articles in Wikipedia. NPOV has by no means been achieved throughout Wikipedia, as said before it's a goal many articles are neutral

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
Bill, as far as I can tell, with very limited knowledge on the subject, he seems notable enough. I am happy to support the article being put on will support that if it does. I've added a little comment to the talk page on it to consider. Cheers On 09/04/2009 14:45, Bill Carter wrote: Now

Re: [WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
Agree with Sam, I'm not supporting Jimmy because it's clear in calling himself the sole founder he is wrong shouldn't do it, but I really don't see the need to continue this issue. There is no tiptoeing around Jimmy Wales as can be seen by many people's views on here(I'm sure he's reading

[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
Is there a Wikipedia forum, the mailing list is all well good, but wouldn't a forum be much more useful?! Tris ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
An unofficial one that editors frequent? On 09/04/2009 20:48, David Gerard wrote: 2009/4/9 Tris Thomast...@waterhay.co.uk: Is there a Wikipedia forum, the mailing list is all well good, but wouldn't a forum be much more useful?! Not an official one. - d.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
Thank you! Please don't send his rubbish to me! On 09/04/2009 21:47, David Gerard wrote: 2009/4/9 Bill Carterbilldeancar...@yahoo.com: I will raise this issue for as long as it takes. You can return to your apathy now. You're back on moderation while you're on this subject

[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Icons

2009-04-09 Thread Tris Thomas
I'm looking for a page I found the other day that has all the WIkipedia icons that are free to use. Can anyone direct me to them? ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: