On 6/28/06, SJ 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
The Wikimania meetup from August 4-6th (http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org) will draw people from all of the Wikimedia projects. It's a chance to meet your fellow contributors and discuss issues affecting the projects:
Since I can't make it, I'll save you some time on the discussion by giving you the answers in advance.
- Fair use: should we eradicate fair use, or encourage the fair use of
copyrighted images?
Encourage.
- Voting: impractical and harmful, or a necessity for some discussions?
Harmful.
- Verifiablity: requiring sources for all new information, or
supporting the contribution of first hand information?
Allow, but discourage, first-hand information labelled as such.
- Dealing with trolls: do we ban pov pushers, or encourage their voices
to be heard?
Troll != POV pusher, allow POV pushers while their presence is a net benefit
- Dealing with vandals: delaying edits from suspicious users, or finally
inventing the device that allows you to poke people over the internet?
Delaying.
- Content: death to fancruft, or expanding the scope of Wikipedia to cover all
human knowledge?
Somewhere in the middle.
- Arbitration: the best thing since sliced bread, or a merely adequate online
alternative to a dunk tank?
Neither.
Register today at wm06reg.wikimedia.org -- only $70 until July 9th for 3 days of in-depth community discussion, presentations, autographs from and to Jimbo, and fun.
That's cheap air travel!
Steve