Thinking on Emily's point about social interaction on wikipedia, I'm well aware that the amount of interaction that I have with other editors varies dramatically depending on the areas of the Wiki that I spend time in.
At one extreme reviewing at [[wp:FAC]] is very interactive and in my experience usually very collegial.
At the other extreme, when I'm feeling less sociable I find I can while away hours eradicating preforming from the entertainment industry or removing a surplus s to merge the Olympic sports of synchronised ventriloquism and discus throwing.
Somewhere in between is newpage patrol, most new articles are written by newbies who haven't mastered categorisation and wiki format. If you install hotcat and try to categorise new articles you'll soon find yourself collaborating with lots of editors.
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> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:41:38 -0700
> From: stevertigo <stvrtg(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Social ideas (was Hi there)
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> > Stevertigo wrote:
> >
> > But do I understand correctly, Emily, that
> > > by "social aspects" you mean more what we might
> call "community," or
> > > "collective," or perhaps "synergetic" aspects?
> > Emily Monroe <bluecaliocean(a)me.com>
> wrote:
> > Yes, that's what I mean!
> >
> I'll be interested to see where this discussion goes.
> >
>
> (Because we've gotten our hellos out of the way, I've
> retitled the thread)
>
> It generally "goes" nowhere here unless you seed it with a
> question or idea.
> If your stated interest can be translated into a question,
> it might go
> something like:
> What socially-oriented ideas might make
> Wikipedia better?
>
> Though you may not yet understand the intricacies, it still
> would not be out
> of place for you to suggest some ideas yourself. Especially
> when you want to
> start a new conversation. In threads like this, we can deal
> with a few
> different things at once, and who knows what might come
> up?
>
> I myself am wondering if anyone has seen any userboxes made
> into
> bumperstickers.
>
> -Steven
>
>
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