On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Peter Ekman <pdekman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In short - a straightforward reading of the 2 outside projects'
write-ups is likely to lead to some problems. We should try to thrash
out how to avoid these problems.
Lately in my communications with people I try to emphasize that Wikipedia
isn't just an online encyclopedia, but a social network. It has developed
many characteristics similar to other social networks.
I know I'm in the minority, but I strongly feel that anyone editing
Wikipedia should create a username if only so that they can be communicated
with.
If they don't want to create a username, then instead of jumping into edit,
they should probably find who is the creator and/or recent editors of the
article to which they want to add links and talk with them. This will
hopefully forestall the assumption that they're spammers/vandals. It might
be also the beginning of a dialogue that's useful to both Wikipedia and
the institution that wants the links.
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