<< 22:35, 20 Mar 2004 Adam Bishop blocked "Gdansk" with an expiry
time of 24 hours (Being annoying, minus a million points!) >>
I'd like to know why Adam did this, and I wish he had said
something about the block on the mailing list. Does every admin have the
right to temp-block a long-time contributor just for "being annoying"?
TUF-KAT asked me to be a Mediator for an issue involving
user:Gdansk, and I think I'm owed the courtesy of being informed
if an administrator blocks a party involved in a mediation.
Ed Poor
Mediator, Admin, Bureaucrat, etc.
When I look at the "What links here" page for the Leo Strauss article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Leo…
I see the inbound links for "Lie" and "Political economy" repeated many
times. Is there anything I, as a regular old user, can do to fix this?
Or is this a system problem of some kind?
Thanks,
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
Date: Friday, March 19, 2004 3:20 pm
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [[New Haven, Connecticut]]
> Some people tend to view some of this local information as
> non-encyclopedic, but sometimes it is exactly what gives flavour
> to a
> place. Even those of us who condemn the excesses of capitalism
> can
> recognize that certain commercial enterprises play an important
> social
> and cultural role in their respective communities. If one were to
> extrapolate Rick's argument that the mention of the pizza
> restaurants
> constitutes advertising, then we should also delete the Disneyland
> article because it is effectively advertising for the theme park.
> Imagine the arguments if someone tried to delete that article.
I think the whole idea of 'encyclopedic'-ness is becoming a barrier to Wikipedia.
I have to agree with Erik; include these places. For those who know the Jersey Shore, imagine an article on the area _without_ including something on the Stone Pony. I live here...Not including the Stone Pony would leave a gaping hole. Not including the Hilltop Steakhouse in a similar article on Boston would be similar.
Yeah, you'd get all the facts, but you'd miss a lot of the character.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
Date: Monday, March 22, 2004 12:44 pm
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [[New Haven, Connecticut]]
> Hmmm. My point was more to the effect that there are many issues
> that
> transcend the traditional left/right spectrum. Whatever a
> person's
> political beliefs, if he happens to spend enough time visiting New
> Haven
> to promote his views, he will sooner or later need to find
> something to eat.
This brings up a stupid thought: WikiFood?
No, not an edible Wikipedia (mmmmm...chocolate Wiki...)...I'm not sure what I mean. But it did sound cool when I thought up WikiFood...:-)
John
A small sidethought: Is there anywhere people could: A. Acquire the Wikipedia codebase (I really want to use it for a PBEM I GM, as a way for the multiple Co-GMs to collaboratively write game stuff), and B. Find a FAQ (Stuff like: So, how many PHP databases do we need, anyway?) for it?
If there is, it could be better marked.
John
Dear Wikipedia,
I am a Boston University student making a short film
on the events that have been surrounding the war in
Iraq. I, from Madrid, have become very interested in
making this film especially after the tragic events
which occurred last week in Madrid. I
would greatly appreciate if I were able to have access
and utilize any type of film footage that you may be
able to offer having to do with the war.
With my advanced thanks,
Diego Ojeda
diegoojeda00(a)yahoo.com
Diego Ojeda
Napoli+Pictures
848 Brickell Ave Suite 1010
Miami, FL 33131
USA
Phone: 617-642-1966
FAX: 305-371-4642
e-mail: diegoojeda00(a)yahoo.com
How should I respond to such inquiries?
I think we should have (and probably already do?) a page written in
everyday language that says
"So, you want to use some of our content... here is what you need to
do."
--Jimbo
----- Forwarded message from <> -----
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:08:43 +0100
To: jwales(a)bomis.com
Subject: A photo on Wikipedia
Dear Sirs,
there is a photo shown on a Wikipedia website, which my friends
would like to use in their publication:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EDSA_Revolution_pic1.jpg
The photo is authored by a Joey de Vera.
Unfortunately basing on the information given on the website I am
not able to trace Mr de Vera on the Internet.
You are kindly requested to tell me whom should we contact
to get a necessary permission to use the photo in our publication?
At the moment I am writing unofficially on behalf of a small
editors in Krakow, Poland. I am doing so only to get preliminary
information on the subject. However, after having received it further
negotiation would be taken over by competent officials from the
edition.
Hoping to hear from you soon
..... ......
(Krakow, Poland)
thats all I wanted to say, really. hurray for free information. keep it
public!
I have used wikipedia to reference alot of things,from debussy to
transistors, and noam chomsky. it was all there. -o
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Erik,
I'm a little confused here. The mediation committee has indicated that they would like
to be the sole administrators and moderators of the mediation message board. You
appear to have taken this request as personal criticism of your good self, and as a
result have robustly defended yourself. I think you have certainly made your point of
view on the matter clear enough, and I'm sure it is clear to all readers that your
actions are without defect. Having established that, let us now move forwards.
It appears that the mediation committee would *still* like to be the sole administrators
and moderators of the mediation message board, *despite* your actions being entirely
error-free. I think this is an entirely reasonable request. By agreeing to this request,
you would be in no way bringing disrepute on yourself, or casting any doubt on the
validity of your prior actions as moderator. Indeed, the ability to gracefully hand over
the levers of power, where appropriate, is a highly prized ability amongst leaders.
If there are some important reasons, that we are unaware of, why it would be
dangerous for you to allow the mediators to administer the mediation message board
unaided, I'm sure we would all like to know. Otherwise, I hope you will shortly make all
the mediators admins, as they have suggested, and thus free up your valuable time
for other things.
Cheers,
-Martin
Maybe I missed the original announcement, or maybe I just don't poke
around Wikipedia beyond the narrow areas I'm preoccupied with, but
I just noticed that there is a page linked from [[Wikipedia:Community Portal]]
called [[Wikipedia:Goings-on]], which is consists of a running chronicle
of events that the interested Wikipedian would like to know: Featured
Articles & Pictures, changes to the Wikipedia code base (something I've
noticed that needs to be more visibly documented), polls, new sysops, &
highlights from the Wikien-l list. (Hopefuly, the same will be done for
the Wikitech & other Wiki mailing lists.)
It's definitely breaking down one of the walls that has inadvertently
created a sense of elitism on Wikipedia.
Geoff
