On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:12 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2009/2/9 Carcharoth
<carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com>om>:
To pick another example. The reference desks
(which I think are great)
are technically a bit divorced from the encyclopedia building, but I
think are a legitimate side operation, especially when article do
(sometimes) get improved as a result. It's also legitimate because
some people prefer to ask humans a question and have them look it up,
rather than look things up themselves. The side effect is quite a lot
of chatter around the questions and answers.
It's definitely right in line with the mission. Also a chance for us
to show off our erudition.
(e.g. going down the pub, there's three Wikipedians at the table
talking obscure military history they've picked up in the course of
just hanging around and a fourth person looking slightly boggled.)
The person looking slightly boggled was you, right? :-)
Carcharoth