[WikiEN-l] 18 months

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 4/25/06, Pete Bartlett <pcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> MGM wrote:
> >On 4/25/06, Pete Bartlett <pcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Philip Welch
> >>>> I had a bash at creating a proposal which would define notability on
> >> >> wikipedia as meaning that an article or topic is mentioned in a third
> >> >> party reliable source.
> >>>I can provide multiple third party reliable sources as evidence that
> >>>there is a four way stop on the intersection between Merman Drive and
> >>>Terre View Drive in Pullman, Washington. Does that mean that
> >>>aforementioned four way stop is worthy of mention in Wikipedia?
> >>
> >> Recalling Jimbo's "Ten Things That Should Be Free"
> >> (http://many.corante.com/archives/2005/08/05/jimbos_problems_a_free_culture_manifesto.php)
> >>
> >> in particular number 7: Free the Maps!
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> >> I would say absolute yes that information should be in a Wikimedia project that
> >> seamlessly integrates into Wikipedia.
> >>
> >> Pete
> >>
> >
> > Perhaps, but a map is not an encyclopedia. It should all be free, but
> > not everything should necesserilly be put in this particular project.
> > Mgm
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> The free encyclopedia, the free dictionary, the free news reports, the free
> media repositry, the free documents and quotes repositries, the free textbooks,
> the free species directory, <redlink>the free thesaurus</redlink> and <redlink>the free atlas</redlink>
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> are all different sides of the same coin. With the technology provided by the Web
> we should be mixing and integrating these much much more than we are.
> It is a great shame that there is very little cross-project co-operation.
> A further frustrating aspect of a large community directing a project is that
> it is very conservative and keen to maintain the status quo.
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> Why is that as a community we haven't been badgering the board to do
> anything dramatic since Wikinews was set up /18/ months ago.
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What I was trying to say that even if a intersection should be
covered, it shouldn't necessarily be in Wikipedia.

Mgm