This is very true and insightful. If you can't find articles that need work, try reading the damn encyclopaedia. I'm constantly shocked by missing articles - major scientists, yes and all kinds of other topics. There are maps to be drawn, pictures to be taken, citations to look up (many of which are easy to find), redlinks to be filled in, unwikified articles ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WilyD/potential this sandbox of my lists about 40 musicians I intend to write articles for, for instance. If you don't know where work needs to be done, try reading.
That said, editors who purge all the redlinks don't help the situation. Next time you write an article, include at least one redlink.
WilyD
On 8/29/07, K P kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
Every day on Wikipedia I come across shockingly major scientists who don't have articles, while every Pokeman card in the universe is well-catalogued. Species? We don't even have decent articles on the two dozen or so model organisms that each have hundreds of major citations. Today I found a nobel prize winner in physics whose topic we don't even appear to have an article on.
KP
On 8/28/07, Christiano Moreschi moreschiwikiman@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
From: Aude audevivere@gmail.com Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] drama and incivility Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:06:39 -0400
Some messages that come through this mailing list, such as the recent
NY
Times article on BLP issues, are good to receive. I like being
informed
about such matters relevant to Wikipedia. Others like all "Go away,
you
trolling fuckwit." have no place on the mailing list. Am I the only
one
here annoyed with such messages? Why can't we be more cordial and
polite
towards one another? It's gotten to the point where I may unsubscribe.
The drama here, along with AN/I and other places is souring my opinion about contributing to Wikipedia. Why bother anymore? I still like the
ideals
behind the project and wish to continue, but would really like it if we
can
please tone down the drama and be more civil and cordial towards one another? If people can't control themselves, then maybe this list
could
use moderation. Though if the moderator is engaging such language, that's
not
good.
-- Aude
You'll never get rid of enwiki drama, certainly not on enwiki mailing
lists.
Simple reason? Most people don't have anything to write any more, so
they
start fighting instead. Seeing [[Africa]] as a redlink and writing
"Africa
is a continent" is fun, but that doesn't happen anymore (and "Africa is
a
big continent" is no longer an FA). So, people turn to drama as an alternative, because conflict is fun as well. A shame, but in this
respect
enwiki has become the victim of its own succcess. Antandrus talks about
this
better than I can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Antandrus/observations_on_Wikipedia_behavi...
Particularly numbers 19 and 20.
C More schi
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