No, just profoundly sad that Wikipedia is in what seems to be an inexorable decline. But idea-based projects generally have about seven years of innovation before they lose steam (see SRI, Xerox PARC, GNU, Apple). Perhaps Wikipedia will enjoy a rebirth, but I expect its natural successor to emerge under a different umbrella. Fortunately, the important thing for posterity is that Wikipedia's core assets are under a free license.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:07 AM, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.n...@gmail.com>wrote: > You high or something? > - White Cat > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM, The Cunctator <cuncta...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Long live deletionism! > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke <wikipe...@zog.org > > >wrote: > > > > > 2009/1/13 Carcharoth <carcharot...@googlemail.com> > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke < > wikipe...@zog.org > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > Anyone any idea where I could find the original AfD? It seems to > have > > > > > disappeared: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_(online_game)&oldid=263769784<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784> > > < > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784 > > > > > > > > > > > > > The edit summary just says "oops". > > > > > > > > The deletion log helps in cases like this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_(online_game)<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29> > > < > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29 > > > > > > > > > > > "OTRS Courtesy blank" > > > > > > > > What probably happened is that someone who was unhappy with some of > > > > the things said in the heat of the moment e-mailed the Wikipedia OTRS > > > > service and asked for a courtesy deletion. > > > > > > > > > The entire discussion needed to be deleted, apparently. The page now > > reads > > > "The result was *delete*." with the rest of the deletion summary in > html > > > comment. > > > > > > I'm officially weirded out. :) > > > > > > Michel > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l