WikiEN-l August 2009

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Re: [WikiEN-l] So, what is the deal with flagged revisions?
by Daniel R. Tobias 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:52:48 +0100 (BST), Andrew Turvey wrote: > See [[Wikipedia:Reviewers]] for more information. Not to be confused with Wikipedia Review, of course. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/

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Look This Up on Wikipedia: How Big Is Too Big?
by Keith Old 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Folks, The "New York Times" Bits blog has a small section on Wikimania. Considering that Wikipedia<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/wikipedia/index.html?…> has reached Top Five world status among Web sites – with more than 330 million users – its annual Wikimania conference, which ended Friday night in Buenos Aires, featured a lot of hand-wringing about all the problems the project faces. After emerging on the scene less than a decade ago, growth is slowing down. Why? Are new contributors being scared away? Are there too many rules? Why are the biggest players in the community overwhelmingly men? And white? And will Wikipedia ever become a true global phenomenon, as relevant to the lives of people in the third world as it is in the developed world? Like a freelancer suddenly overwhelmed with assignments, Wikipedians often found themselves looking back at the sleepy days when they were largely left alone. Scratch that. Maybe the better comparison is to the successful journalists who look back to the time when they were so busy they never had time to reflect. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/look-this-up-on-wikipedia-how-big-… (More in story) Regards Keith

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Re: [WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 73, Issue 110
by Daniel R. Tobias 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:31:24 -0700, stevertigo wrote: > ( 3b) (It's the infrastructure/databases/operatingsystems/browsers > themselves that facilitate this ease - not just "wiki." Still, we > don't call ourselves the "inter...pedia" or the "web..pedia" for a > reason: Those domain names were already taken. ;-) ) {{fact}}... WHOIS shows that interpedia.org was regisgtered 16-Jan- 2005, and webpedia.org on 20-Jul-2004, which are both after Wikipedia was founded in 2001. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Well-sourced nonsense vs. unsourced competence
by WJhonson＠aol.com 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

How do we know who twit? or tweet? When a celebrity has an official web page, we can be fairly certain that what is posted there as the core content is by their own authority. How do you do that with tweets? In a message dated 8/29/2009 12:04:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com writes: What I'm wondering is whether that counts as a source, and if so what sort and how and whether it should be used (I'd say Wikipedia should hold itself aloof from gutter journalism and celebrity wranglings).

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Re: [WikiEN-l] How to Not Bite was Positives to publicity
by WJhonson＠aol.com 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Welcome Wagon, we used to have one didn't we? I don't know what happened to it, it seems like stale news. Free Tutor Program - new users can choose to sign up for tutoring for $10 an hour... ok or free whatever. Have you been bitten? Are you frustrated? Do you get laid often enough? (ok scratch that) Sign Up Now, Not Available in Stores, Supplies are Running Out - for Wiki Tutoring!

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Rorchach foes strike back
by Daniel R. Tobias 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:06:19 -0400 (EST), gwern0(a)gmail.com wrote: > "Complaint Over Doctor Who Posted Inkblot Test" > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/business/24inkblot.html How is Doctor Who involved in this? Were the inkblots retrieved by way of the Tardis? :-) -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/

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The best coverage yet of the living bios rule
by David Gerard 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

http://www.cracked.com/blog/ted-kennedy-the-movie/ - d.

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Knol goes from a Wikipedia rival to a Craigslist imitator
by WJhonson＠aol.com 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Evidently I am now a media darling http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=knol+craigslist The oddest part of this entire experience (other than the fact that it shot me up to over 1,000 views a day), is how much of this "news" is either simple reposting of titles with link, or bloggers copying each other in a sort of feeding frenzy. I've never personally become involved in the blogging world. I would think that a person would want original content, not merely be blogger number 87 on the list of people blogging about the really important news like me selling a pair of speakers ;) I'm world famous! I get more views than President.... uh... Harding... or something. Ok maybe Zachary Taylor, at any rate I'm famous! Maybe I'll write a knol about it. Sort of keep the cycle churning. How do you do that exactly? I've never figured out completely how to be a media whore, but I'm willing to learn. Any whores want to teach me tricks? Will "Media Whore Wannabe" Johnson

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Wikien-L Bug Report
by WJhonson＠aol.com 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Go to https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l Sidebar: Search Posting Archives Type in whatever, click Search Result https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/mmsearch/wikien-l 404 NOT FOUND Will Johnson

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Positives to publicity
by WJhonson＠aol.com 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

In a message dated 8/28/2009 8:10:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bluecaliocean(a)me.com writes: > Holy cow. Is Jimbo aware of this?>> -------------- Jimbo is irrelevant. We're cooking and eating him next week. W.J.

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