Or when I tell people that almost every single mainspace article on Wikinews
is permanently locked from editing and they're used to the Wikipedia idea of
continual development so they think it's insanity.
On 11/19/06, Damian Finol <damian(a)igluve.org> wrote:
Titoxd@Wikimedia wrote:
This could probably be an advisory committee to
the Board, someone
through
which the Board could run ideas and ask questions
that would affect
Wikimedia as a whole. Also, it would be similar to UninvitedCompany's
idea
of "Wikipedia ambassadors", or users
who are responsible for spreading
Wikimedia-wide messages to their local wikis.
Titoxd.
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On 19/11/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
> On 19/11/06, Erik Zachte <erikzachte(a)infodisiac.com> wrote:
>> This is about the Wikicouncil, as
discussed on
>>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicouncil
> Sounds like a useful tool to deal with people
who need to be kept busy
> and well away from anything important.
Do I detect yet another note of pessimism?
No, I'm just not entirely sure what it's for, or what scaling problems
it helps solve ... it seems like something to make people feel more
involved, which is good; but its useful function isn't elegantly
obvious.
- d.
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You have no idea how many times I've tried to explain something to
editors (and admins) of Spanish Wikipedia and read "What's the Wikimedia
foundation?" "Who's Jimmy Wales, Florence... xxx?", "What's
this whole
board thing about?".
Raising awareness of what the whole thing is, by inviting them to join a
Wiki Council from people of different projects is a great start, and
will improve our wikiocracy.
Regards,
Damian
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