Thanks to Yaroslav who started this interesting conversation, and thanks for all the comments. I agree with lots of them, but especially this: Happy Public Domain Day!
On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 7:15 AM Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
בתאריך יום א׳, 30 בדצמ׳ 2018, 15:55, מאת Yaroslav Blanter < ymbalt@gmail.com
:
Re main point: People, let us be serious. We missed mobile editing (well, at least this has been identified as a problem, and something is being
done
about it). We missed voice interfaces. We are now missing neural
networks.
We should have been discussing by now what neural networks are allowed to do in the projects and what they are not allowed to do. And instead we
are
discussing (and edit-warring) whether the Crimean bridge is the longest
in
Europe or not because different sources place the border between Europe
and
Asia differently, and, according to some sources, the bridge is not in Europe. Why do you think that if we keep missing all technological development relevant in the field we are still going to survive?
False dichotomy.
Wide participation in big strategic discussion is a Good Thing, but it doesn't mean that it's the only thing all the Wikimedians should be talking about. There are people who are less interested in strategic discussions and more interested in on-wiki fact-checking. Wikipedia editors' obsession for fact-checking is its strength—our strength. It's sometimes frustrating because it can go into silly technicalities or political ax-grinding, but for the most part it's the main thing that keeps Wikipedia relevant, trustworthy, and popular.
How can these fact-checking practices be harmonized with current technology and media culture is the right question to ask. If the people who often do this can *also* occasionally participate in strategic development discussions, there's a chance it will be answered. Invite them.
Happy public domain day and happy new year! :) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe