"michael west" wrote
> As for REDIRECTS - what is the current policy? take two of my google
> searches yesterday as examples* j s m ward *
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=res…
> -
> the first wikipedia page is miles away John Sebastian Marlow Ward
I would have no hesitation in creating a redirect of [[J. S. M. Ward]] to [[John Sebastian Marlow Ward]]. I would do that simply on the basis that an academic book indexed Ward by initials.
> ;and kryolite (my alternative? spelling of Cryolite)
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=kryolite&meta= If one hears
> a word on television or radio its not always obvious how it is spelled
Typos a little harder to justify. If this is an actual alternate spelling, the redirect would be automatic
> i would never suggest that every permutation of an articles name should be a
> redirect, but i wouldn't consider writing one now that everybody has TW. I
> just wouldn't be bothered with arguing over a PROD on a redirect.
The resource implications of redirects are apparently small. Using many bytes to justify deleting a couple of dozen seems to make little sense.
Charles
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On 4 Sep 2007 at 09:22:36 -0500, NavouWiki <navouwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> When I go to Wikipaedia.com or Wikipaedia.org I don't get the...
> ...foundation or the Wikipedia project. Just an observation. ;)
Those domains seem to belong to somebody in Germany, who redirected
it to a different site they own. Wikipaedia.net, on the other hand,
shows a WHOIS record that indicates that the Wikimedia Foundation
owns it, but has let it expire about a month ago; it currently goes
to a registrar parking page, but if not renewed will soon be open for
others to register. Wikipaedia.info goes to one of those silly
pseudo-portal pages with zillions of quasi-relevant links, which seem
to be to various online encyclopedias.
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Folks,
I have come across an advertisement for a programmer described as a
Wikipedia expert for a secret project associated with Search Engine
Optimisation.
http://www.scriptlance.com/projects/1188870645.shtml?ref=williepep
The advertisement starts: I"'m looking for a Wikipedia expert. Must know a
lot about Wikipedia and articles.
I will only contract you after you showing me your portfolio that proves
experience on this field. "
I don't know exactly what this project is but I doubt it is in our best
interests.
Regards
*Keith Old
*
Maybe I'm missing something, but since when have we been paying for
bandwidth, server space, and admin time that we can demand a full
accounting? From what I understand, this list is owned by the wikimedia
foundation, which has given liberal leeway to its users to join, post, and
moderate the list. However, liberal leeway and carte blanche are completely
different things.
List admins have been given the duty to ensure that the e-mail list runs as
smoothly as possible; which they have done in the main. They are not
necessarily arbiters of equity or democracy; that is not their function.
If someone, such as Marc, has a specific issue with the list, I am certain
that a request may be made to the wikimedia foundation, likely the legal
department.
Furthermore, the privacy concerns raised by asking for a list of moderated
members are rather substantial.
Remember, even as community members, we are still guests.
--Avi
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I think there are probably quite a few people on this list not
subscribed to WikimediaUK-l, which is why I'm posting here -
m:Wikimania 2008 says I can ;-).
The London bid is in need of volunteers. We have a coordination page
at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London/Coordination
which lists things we've thought we need to do, and above the London
page has the template.
Please help if you can by updating those pages.
Kind regards,
--
Gary Kirk
Hypothetical scenario:
There's a late night TV minister who specializes in polyglot
examinations of particular Biblical
words and phrases, focusing on the nexus between Hebrew, Greek and
Latin translations,
but also going into related languages like Aramaic, Arabic, and
sometimes even English.
He marries a pretty younger woman who can't sing very well, but
after each sermon she sings
solo anyway. Before passing from cancer, he ordains his wife as a
minister and bequeathed
his ministry to her. After a hiatus, she began ministering to his
former congregation on
broadcast TV. She tries unsuccessfully to copy the late
minister's style, as she naturally
lacks his substantial erudition and gravitas, eventually finding
her own style.
The question for the list that this scenario raises is: is this person
(the wife) notable? There is no question as to the notablity of the
husband, but the wife, by virtue of her career choice, appears to be
likewise. Would there be an objection to the creation of an article
about the wife, and if so, on what policy grounds?
-stevertigo
It's better to have moderation. Some folks just fill the list up with negative useless stuff.
Fred
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Marc Riddell [mailto:michaeldavid86@comcast.net]
>Sent: Monday, September 3, 2007 05:11 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Who's moderated?
>
>
>> On 03/09/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> As for it being small, I'm not suprised. Only very active Wikipedians
>>> would be interested in the mailing list, and not all of them. In
>>> September 2006 (the last month I can find stats for - do we have stats
>>> anywhere from after the toolserver failed?), 4330 accounts made more
>>> than 100 edits. Accounting for growth, etc., I'd say about 10% of very
>>> active Wikipedians are on this mailing list. Seems about right.
>>
>on 9/3/07 11:21 AM, David Gerard at dgerard(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
>> As an official place for discussion of en:wp matters, this list tends
>> to select from the most interested.
>>
>> As one of the last points of appeal for the banned (hence its position
>> as official sewer of en:wp - a function that makes the place cleaner
>> and nicer, but you probably don't want to fish through the output), it
>> tends to select from the least suited.
>>
>> This creates an interesting list atmosphere requiring more work
>> moderating than any sensible list should ...
>>
>>
>Everyone,
>
>Since I was the one who started this thread, allow me to clarify my thoughts
>about the subject.
>
>This is not a direct response to, nor especially directed at, you David.
>But, since you are a Moderator on this List, I thought this would be a good
>a place as any to speak it.
>
>During a private email discussion with a person I have come to respect on
>this List, and do look forward to their contributions, they made a
>statement; and then, as an aside, said that they could never make the remark
>in a post to the List because they were on moderation. I was stunned! Having
>read and enjoyed all of their past posts, I could not for the life of me
>imagine why they would be on moderation. Then I wondered who else was being
>similarly moderated - and why. That is the background of my post.
>
>What I would like to see:
>
>1) A List of persons in this Community who are currently on Moderation; and
>the reason they are being moderated.
>
>2) Any person on moderation who chooses not to be identified on this list,
>has the right not to be.
>
>3) That only blatant spam, and unintelligible bullshit be moderated from the
>List. I can only imagine the amount and type of crap you must weed through.
>But, please, allow me the right to decide what I do and do not want to read.
>
>That's it folks,
>
>Marc
>
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>answers.
>
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[This is not a private discussion.]
On 03/09/07, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 02/09/07, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > He can't even spell the name of the project correctly!
>
> Try looking at the logo of a Wikipaedia other than
> English Wikipaedia.
Irrelevant.
The English language version is spelt "Wikipedia".
You do, of course, have the right to show yourself off as ignorant,
stubborn and foolish if you want.