Hi.
At ptwiki, we recently implemented a usergroup to help with the backlog of requests for speedy deletions, articles for deletion, and others (see http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Eliminadores). This was done to try to dismistify the admin role, and increase community participation in admin tasks, trying to counteract the significant decrease in the number of admins during the past two year (we currently have less than 40 admins). I invite you all to accompany this as I believe that the success or failure of this strategy will have valuable lessons for other projects.
Best, GoEThe
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:51:42 +0200, "GoEthe.wiki" goethe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
At ptwiki, we recently implemented a usergroup to help with the backlog
of
requests for speedy deletions, articles for deletion, and others (see http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Eliminadores). This was done to
try
to dismistify the admin role, and increase community participation in
admin
tasks, trying to counteract the significant decrease in the number of admins during the past two year (we currently have less than 40 admins). I
invite
you all to accompany this as I believe that the success or failure of
this
strategy will have valuable lessons for other projects.
A similar group has been active in Russian Wikipedia for about a year (only deletion reviews, no speedy deletions). It has been generally regarded as a success.
Cheers Yaroslav
Yaroslav M. Blanter, 25/08/2010 18:19:
A similar group has been active in Russian Wikipedia for about a year (only deletion reviews, no speedy deletions). It has been generally regarded as a success.
They used botsa to delete articles, didn't they? At least this is what I understood at Wikimania.
Nemo
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:26:39 +0200, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Yaroslav M. Blanter, 25/08/2010 18:19:
A similar group has been active in Russian Wikipedia for about a year (only deletion reviews, no speedy deletions). It has been generally regarded as a success.
They used botsa to delete articles, didn't they? At least this is what I
understood at Wikimania.
Nemo
That's right. They summarize the discussion and then a bot deletes the pages if necessary. Also, they may not summarize overcomplicated discussions, but overall in my opinion it works very well.
Cheers Yaroslav
Hi, I noticed it through the Wikimedia server log and keep an interest how it goes. Already one month passed ... could you please give us a review and report, even as interim?
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:51 AM, GoEthe.wiki goethe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
At ptwiki, we recently implemented a usergroup to help with the backlog of requests for speedy deletions, articles for deletion, and others (see http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Eliminadores). This was done to try to dismistify the admin role, and increase community participation in admin tasks, trying to counteract the significant decrease in the number of admins during the past two year (we currently have less than 40 admins). I invite you all to accompany this as I believe that the success or failure of this strategy will have valuable lessons for other projects.
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