WikiEN-l April 2003

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countryguide
by Bob Jordan 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Sannse, In your email to other wikipedia monitors/admins, I would appreciate a note that CountryGuide provides a full reciprocal deep-link back to the appropriate country. And, while I understand that you may not think they are useful (no offense taken -I understand the issue of spamming a directory), the general public seems to think otherwise. CountryGuide is being developed along the same lines as StateGuide which (surprisingly to me, too) is receiving good reviews as a reference utility. See: http://www.stateguide.com/info/workhorse.htm Respectfully, Bob Jordan

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Ideapedia - after LittleDan
by Stevertigo 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

LittleDan's original research idea is excellent (as are nearly all of his observations) - and Brian's further idea for a separate implementation is spot on! Many of us have had this idea - the question is implementation. Thinking about it a bit - the idea should be rather explicit - (under a general heading of course) and notarized as being the property "of the imaginer". But it should also be open as a wiki to allow for dynamic, and direct collaboration - at a brainstorming level! This would be ideal for all involved - but an important point to make is that while the categories linking to subjects could be guides to these detailed synopses - the material itself is essentially entirely user-pages! Just like we like to have our own cheezy crap on WP as a /after to our own usernames - This would be entirely that - Just userpages with their particular spews and rants and notions and LD50 test records online - Each user should also have ban priveliges for those pages - in case someone gets nuts or personal. The all of those LarrySanger/pages can have a home... :) OR: WP gets loosened up - we use the WP as both encyclopedia and research platform - as well as a blog/links page/ file storage/Bomis babe report clippings.. etc... Just kidding... the problem with the meta is that its tied to the WP in terms of purpose - and its under GFDL. Intellectual property - or potential ip should be dealt with as such - and the site that implements that kind of thing should act in some ways like a notary public. -Steven H. Vertigo

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DW reverts to form
by Zoe 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Please see [[Talk:John le Carr�]]. DW, in his latest incarnation as Black Widow, says:"I don't give two damns about your Wikipedia:Image use policy. This is a policy created by half a dozen people out of the thousands using Wikipedia. It has NO LEGAL OR BINDING STATUS. This is an open website. I am not obliged to provide you or anyone with a statement as to its copyright status, permission, or any other thing a few people decide they want. The only obligation (and this was clearly stated already in discussions with Mr. Wales re DMCA) is to tick the box required in order to upload. NO MORE NO LESS. Stop interfering with people who actually make a contribution here. What you are doing is illegal harassment and interference. If you have any questions about this matter, please take them up with the ONLY authority, Mr. Wales who pays the freight.User:Black Widow (copied to the group's Village Pump.) " If he's unwilling to follow the proper copyright procedures, he MUST be banned. Zoe --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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RE: [WikiEN-l] User blocked
by Poor, Edmund W 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Thank you for comforting me in my self-created misery :-) I'm not exactly "abdicating", as you put it. But I do need to slow down. I thought about it overnight, and came to the conclusion that Anthere and Erik are right. And I was wrong. :-( So I'm going to tread more carefully from now on, and try to make up for my mistakes. As to (literally) banning oneself, a user could delete their password and user_email, then they'd never be able to log in again -- kind of like locking your keys inside your house. Ed Poor -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Ehrenberg [mailto:littledanehren@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:57 PM To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] User blocked One misjudgement doesn't justify completely abdicating your sysop powers. I agree that it was a little harsh, but in the future, maybe people shouldn't ban someone for trolling after only one offence without consulting anyone. All you did was misinterperate the potential for the article. Usually, you're excelent at dealing with POV issues and such; you just made one mistake. An unrelated thought; what would happen if a user tried to ban himself?

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Tannin is now a sysop (was: Request sysop status)
by Poor, Edmund W 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Tony Wilson (Tannin) wrote: > Hi all. May I be added to the list of sysops please? Also, I know it's > been asked before, but could someone point me at a suitable place to > read up on the dos and don'ts? You now have sysop rights. I may not be the best one to "point out" the do's and don'ts, in view of my recent actions ("excessive in this case, but minor", as Jimbo put it). Nevertheless, you might start at [[Wikipedia:Administrators]]. Traditionally, one of a sysop's first acts is to add themselves to the list on that page. Ed Poor (Uncle Ed)

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Black Widow user account is blocked (was: DW reverts to form)
by Poor, Edmund W 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Jimbo wrote: > As the "ONLY authority", Mr. Wales hereby declares that Black Widow is > banned from wikipedia for blatant disregard of policy and rude > behavior. "She" can take it up with me if she chooses to do so. > In accordance with Jimbo's expressed wishes, Therefore, I have blocked the Black Widow user account. Ed Poor -----Original Message----- From: Jimmy Wales [mailto:jwales@bomis.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:29 AM To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] DW reverts to form As the "ONLY authority", Mr. Wales hereby declares that Black Widow is banned from wikipedia for blatant disregard of policy and rude behavior. "She" can take it up with me if she chooses to do so. --Jimbo

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Request sysop status
by Tony Wilson 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

Hi all. May I be added to the list of sysops please? Also, I know it's been asked before, but could someone point me at a suitable place to read up on the dos and don'ts? Thanks, Tony Wilson (Tannin) list(a)redhill.net.au

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