Signpost's second issue published - WikiEN-l

Robin Shannon

17 Jan 17 Jan

11:14 a.m.

Please continue to announce it, else ill forget to read it. paz y amor, [[User:The bellman]] On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:19:45 -0800, Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

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Since people would quickly get tired of me announcing this, I won't keep repeating it in future weeks. But as the word is still trickling out and people are just developing the habit of checking, I wanted to let everyone know that the second issue of our new community newspaper, the Wikipedia Signpost, is now available for you to read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost --Michael Snow

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Nicholas Knight

11:20 a.m.

Michael Snow wrote:

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Since people would quickly get tired of me announcing this, I won't keep repeating it in future weeks.

Perhaps a wikien-announce mailing list is in order for things like this as well as maintenance alerts and other significant announcements?

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csherlock＠ljh.com.au

18 Jan 18 Jan

10:54 p.m.

I would suggest you feel free to create a "Back Issues" subpage :) TBSDY Cormac Lawler wrote:

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Firstly, just to add my enthusiasm for this development - I think it's great. Also (and pardon me if I've missed it) but will there be a catalogue of sorts to see "back issues" in order to retrieve articles in the future? I notice that the old page has been replaced with the new one - will one have to access back issues through the history page? [[User:gbog]] has already made a similar point on the talk page. But thanks again, Cormac [[User:Cormaggio]] ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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John Lee

2:40 p.m.

Tony Sidaway wrote:

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Michael Snow said:

Since people would quickly get tired of me announcing this, I won't keep repeating it in future weeks. But as the word is still trickling out and people are just developing the habit of checking, I wanted to let everyone know that the second issue of our new community newspaper, the Wikipedia Signpost, is now available for you to read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost

Why is this running in Wikipedia? The first issue was perfectly acceptable as newspaper reporting, but very far from NPOV. The article about the QuakeWatch affair was full of speculation and innuendo, for instance. I'd appreciate a newspaper, but running this one in Wikispace doesn't seem right to me.

Considering the first issue was done up entirely by one person...as this becomes a community endeavour, we can expect individual POVs to dominate less. John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])

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Anthere

9:55 p.m.

NPOV applies to articles. It does not have to apply to community report. I would even say "please, make it pov, that is more distracting, relaxing and fun". That is a change. If people want to bring another pov, they can write articles to add to the signpost. Ant Jeff Cook a écrit:

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I think it's okay to run on Wikipedia. Not EVERYTHING has to be NPOV. A newspaper is acceptable, I think. But nothing's stopping you from adding to or editing it. :) -cookiecaper. On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:40:06 +0800, John Lee <johnleemk(a)gawab.com> wrote:

Tony Sidaway wrote:

Michael Snow said:

Since people would quickly get tired of me announcing this, I won't keep repeating it in future weeks. But as the word is still trickling out and people are just developing the habit of checking, I wanted to let everyone know that the second issue of our new community newspaper, the Wikipedia Signpost, is now available for you to read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost

Why is this running in Wikipedia? The first issue was perfectly acceptable as newspaper reporting, but very far from NPOV. The article about the QuakeWatch affair was full of speculation and innuendo, for instance. I'd appreciate a newspaper, but running this one in Wikispace doesn't seem right to me.

Considering the first issue was done up entirely by one person...as this becomes a community endeavour, we can expect individual POVs to dominate less. John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]]) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Anthere

9:17 p.m.

do not forget to remind us from time to time though :-) Ant Michael Snow a écrit:

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Since people would quickly get tired of me announcing this, I won't keep repeating it in future weeks. But as the word is still trickling out and people are just developing the habit of checking, I wanted to let everyone know that the second issue of our new community newspaper, the Wikipedia Signpost, is now available for you to read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost --Michael Snow

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