On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:30 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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And we have lots of articles, but there are plenty of
areas in dire
need of improvement. We didn't have [[euphonicon]] until I wrote it
yesterday. (Using book references - specifically, the Amazon scans!)
Music in particular is sadly lacking beyond relatively recent popular
music.
What's that rumbling noise of discontent I hear? Oh, it's WikiProject Opera! :-)
We continue to have terrible systemic bias, as
documented in
the Guardian recently.
Summary: there's still a lot of encyclopedia to
go.
Indeed. It is best, some say, to concentrate on what is most in demand
(either by what links here, or by searching Wikipedia for the term and
seeing how many articles mention it). I think 'missing articles' does
factor that in. Oh, and one way to enculture new editors is to help
them out on an article and if they talk back (many people are shy or
don't want to interact), then take things from there.
I wonder if WikiTours would help? Charles should be able to point us
to the Meta Bus Tours that once existed. Maybe you remember those,
David? Some page on meta that gave timetables for a virtual bus
stopping at various central locations in Wikipedia.
Carcharoth