Hi all,
I am launching a new forum for Wikipedia users. Please feel free to ask any questions, either to me at this address or to admin@thewikipediaforum.com.
The Wikipedia Forum aims to provide a place where all Wikipedia users can talk, suggest, comment & argue. Wikipedia itself provides no easy & accessible way of doing this-Wikipedia talk pages are confined to topics that directly relate to the article & conversation between multiple users is unwieldy & confusing. Mailing lists are also confusing & do not scale very well to large conversations between many people, resulting in full inboxes containing a large number of emails quoting the previous one & taking up 4 pages. Users are free to talk about anything with very little censorship, yet the aim is not to become a forum for Wikipedia haters. Instead it caters for everyone, from the average user confused about how to add templates, to administrators wishing to discuss complex articles in private. Totally free & requiring no public information that can be linked with your Wikipedia account(unless you wish it to be), there will be a minimal amount of moderation, but only to ensure there are no personal attacks & insults-criticism & complaints are perfectly welcome-they make Wikipedia better for all of us.
The forum is at www.thewikipediaforum.com. Please visit & join in.
Thanks!
2009/4/24 Tris tris@waterhay.co.uk:
I am launching a new forum for Wikipedia users. Please feel free to ask any questions, either to me at this address or to admin@thewikipediaforum.com.
You should probably note that it's not officially affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, and not use the puzzle globe.
- d.
2009/4/24 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
2009/4/24 Tris tris@waterhay.co.uk:
I am launching a new forum for Wikipedia users. Please feel free to ask any questions, either to me at this address or to admin@thewikipediaforum.com.
You should probably note that it's not officially affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, and not use the puzzle globe.
Or request permission to use the puzzle globe - the WMF might grant it for something like this.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Tris tris@waterhay.co.uk wrote:
The forum is at www.thewikipediaforum.com. Please visit & join in.
I do love the Disney-like title at the top :)
May I suggest you rename the "wikipedia moderators" forum "Forum moderators" so that users don't get the idea that it is some kind of "exclusive club" for WP administrators.
Hi,
I will sign up. Good idea, though having said that I may not use it much. I do like the title font, as someone else has already pointed out, lovely!
Isabell.