Just a quick note about a new effort going on. Yesterday, Eagle_101 and I began to reinvigorate [[Wikipedia:Spotlight]], a project devoted to fixing up basic articles collaboratively. About 10-15 people lent a hand to improve [[Coloring book]] and [[John Gow]], and the results are pretty good. No, they are not featured articles, but the are much improved from what was there before, as these diffs show: 1. Coloring book: _http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coloring_book&diff=123077473&a... (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coloring_book&diff=123077473&a...) 1. John Gow: _http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Gow&diff=123118628&ol... (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Gow&diff=123118628&ol...) Yes, it's a far cry from vandal fighting or debating the intricacies of RfA's, but it does get back to the root of what Wikipedia is all about—building a decent reference work. So, I invite everyone to try it out. We can promise you random new articles that need your help once or twice a day. You can see what's coming up or even add suggestions at [[Wikipedia:Spotlight]] or on IRC at #wikipedia-spotlight. Oh, and there are two simple rules: 1. No BLPs, 2. No articles requiring Fair Use. Let's keep this as uncontentious as possible. Hope to see you there. Danny
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daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
Oh, and there are two simple rules: 1. No BLPs, 2. No articles requiring Fair Use. Let's keep this as uncontentious as possible.
This isn't meant to be a dickish comment, so please don't take it as such, but what do you mean by "no fair use required?" Are we talking just images, expanding to fair use quotes from publications, etc...?
I would like to help out, in any case, so you'll see me in channel, but I'm curious.
-Jeff
Wow, [[Coloring book]] improved a lot indeed. If there's something I can contribute to, you are certainly going to see me there.
Mgm
On 4/16/07, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@internationalhouseofbacon.com wrote:
daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
Oh, and there are two simple rules: 1. No BLPs, 2. No articles requiring Fair Use. Let's keep this as uncontentious as possible.
This isn't meant to be a dickish comment, so please don't take it as such, but what do you mean by "no fair use required?" Are we talking just images, expanding to fair use quotes from publications, etc...?
I would like to help out, in any case, so you'll see me in channel, but I'm curious.
-Jeff
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