Message: 9 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:41:50 -0400 From: "Anthony DiPierro" anthonydipierro@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Dartmouth class project now on VFD To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Message-ID: BAY10-DAV2oDyjtU6V10000c9c0@hotmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Unfortunately, even though the class assignment
required that the articles created by the students meet Wikipedia
requirements, now that most of them have been
listed on VfD, the instructor is trying to claim that they do meet our
requirements. It seems if the vast majority of
the articles have made it to VfD, then not only has the majority of the class
failed the assignment, but the instructor doesn't
understand the nature of Wikipedia. If the majority of a class fails an
assignment, that has to say something about the
instructor, as well.
RickK
Says something about how well we explain our requirements as well. Or in this case, how well we agree on our requirements. Most of the articles listed *did* meet our requirements. VfD is broken. It probably never worked in the first place.
Anthony
I don't know if Vfd is broken. However, I can tell you that the only way for people to learn it is to spend time around it. I can say pretty well what will make it through, but a new user would have no idea. We need a set of guidelines more specific than [[What Wikipedia is not]] to guide people. Really, the place is so large and involved now that the only way to learn is by staying with it.
Meelar
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