Assuming you can all tear your minds away from attack sites, here's a bit of spam to keep everyone occupied. http://en.veropedia.com/ is now up, running and live, and searching for contributors.
You can read the FAQ at http://en.veropedia.com/docs/faq.html , but the basic idea is to get stable, academically-reviewed versions of the best of Wikipedia, and restore the prestige among schools, universities, and academia in general, of deserving Wikipedia articles that have been unfortunately tarred with the same brush that damns the popcruft crap that clogs up 90 percent of enwiki. Veropedia is not a wiki, and all articles have to meet exacting standards before upload. As a practical manner, this means the corresponding Wikipedia article gets a hell of a lot better as it is improved during the pre-upload process. Please do read the FAQ before replying to this post.
Those interested can visit our IRC channel, #veropedia, or use the contact info provided. Those who want the fast-track route to an account can email me, though I might occasionally demand an ounce of flesh or so in return:)
If Wikipedia had gone down the road of fitting in a proper role for experts somewhere, and if proper quality controls had been in place from the start, this wouldn't be necessary. Even with stable versions, which I have no confidence the great unwashed of enwiki will accept, I do not think the numerical majority of Wikipedia articles will get to an acceptable, Vero-worthy standard this side of the next millenium.
With all due respect,
Moreschi
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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Just backup spam really, seeing as the attack sites threads are still getting hits (come on, people. I'll probably be excommunicated for saying this but I'm trying and failing to get my knickers in a twist over them). The FAQ lays things out really well, and hopefully all will see this not as a competitor to Wikipedia but as a means of promoting our better articles and perhaps improving them even further. Hope to see some more folks on it :)
On 12/10/2007, Riana wiki.riana@gmail.com wrote:
Just backup spam really, seeing as the attack sites threads are still getting hits (come on, people. I'll probably be excommunicated for saying this but I'm trying and failing to get my knickers in a twist over them).
I always had you down as a straight-knickered individual. (A phrase which clearly needs wider circulation!)
On 10/12/07, Riana wiki.riana@gmail.com wrote:
Just backup spam really, seeing as the attack sites threads are still getting hits (come on, people. I'll probably be excommunicated for saying this but I'm trying and failing to get my knickers in a twist over them). The FAQ lays things out really well, and hopefully all will see this not as a competitor to Wikipedia but as a means of promoting our better articles and perhaps improving them even further. Hope to see some more folks on it :)
-- Riana
Indeed, Wikipedia was only supposed to be a place to get rough drafts ready for a final product (Nupedia). This is just what was planned all along.
Cheers, WilyD
Riana wrote:
Just backup spam really, seeing as the attack sites threads are still getting hits (come on, people. I'll probably be excommunicated for saying this but I'm trying and failing to get my knickers in a twist over them). ... :)
You mean, I'm not the only one? Might my "link to pages which do not in themselves suck, do not link to pages which do" philosophy actually have a hope?
(Yes, it's offtopic. All threads eventually approach offtopic, it's a mathematical law somewhere.)