On 6/28/06, SJ <2.718281828(a)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