https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading.
MZMcBride
Oh, that discussion again. Try harder, German style http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_%E2%80%93_Die_freie_Enzyklo...
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Diskussion:Hauptseite/al...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading.
MZMcBride
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On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading.
The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit uncomfortable with subject at hand, so let's best not celebrate your contributions'.
On 07/02/12 22:13, Svip wrote:
On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading.
The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit uncomfortable with subject at hand, so let's best not celebrate your contributions'.
Some FAs should never be shown on the main page.
Nothing in the FA criteria says anything about the subject of the article: such as whether the subject is of broad interest or has educational merit. Such criteria should be considered for choosing articles to show on the main page. The main page should show the best of Wikipedia, not the ugliest loopholes in its inclusion criteria.
I was involved in some deletion debates in 2002 and 2003. Nobody knew at the time that if we said "OK, let's allow this" then some day the fancruft we were allowing would be featured on the main page, with the only criteria being that a fan puts enough effort into their style and citations.
-- Tim Starling
Some FAs should never be shown on the main page.
Nothing in the FA criteria says anything about the subject of the article: such as whether the subject is of broad interest or has educational merit. Such criteria should be considered for choosing articles to show on the main page. The main page should show the best of Wikipedia, not the ugliest loopholes in its inclusion criteria.
I was involved in some deletion debates in 2002 and 2003. Nobody knew at the time that if we said "OK, let's allow this" then some day the fancruft we were allowing would be featured on the main page, with the only criteria being that a fan puts enough effort into their style and citations.
-- Tim Starling
My attention was drawn to this issue only after I had just watched,
Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy
It was so funny and good. And very informative. All cops, parents, teachers, and especially young boys, should watch it.
Colorado, for some reason, has been the scene of several of these incidents. Not that South Park has anything to do with Colorado, of course.
Casting aside the infantile slogan, "Wikipedia is not censored", I think having the pilot of South Park on the Main Page is quite appropriate; the subject is significant.
Fred
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
Casting aside the infantile slogan, "Wikipedia is not censored", I think having the pilot of South Park on the Main Page is quite appropriate; the subject is significant.
Fred
Really, It's not that much different than the Simpson episodes there have been on the MP, Just this one has a more "adult"ish name attached to it...
On 08/02/12 09:09, K. Peachey wrote:
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
Casting aside the infantile slogan, "Wikipedia is not censored", I think having the pilot of South Park on the Main Page is quite appropriate; the subject is significant.
Fred
Really, It's not that much different than the Simpson episodes there have been on the MP, Just this one has a more "adult"ish name attached to it...
I also opposed the Simpsons features, for much the same reason.
-- Tim Starling
2012/2/7 Svip svippy@gmail.com:
On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading.
The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit uncomfortable with subject at hand, so let's best not celebrate your contributions'.
Actually, the English Wikipedia's Featured Article Director has stated himself that some articles will not be featured on the main page (although he prefers to keep that list short and it currently consists only of the article "Jenna Jameson"):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/archive25#Wikipedia:NOTCENSORED_a...
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2012/2/7 Svip svippy@gmail.com:
On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article
is pretty good reading.
The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit uncomfortable with subject at hand, so let's best not celebrate your contributions'.
Actually, the English Wikipedia's Featured Article Director
What is that?
has stated himself
Why are not that decissions taken under community consensus?
that some articles will not be featured on the main page (although he prefers to keep that list short and it currently consists only of the article "Jenna Jameson"):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/archive25#Wikipedia:NOTCENSORED_a...
I read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us that "Wikipedia has no editorial board". Why is there a person deciding what can't be shown in the main page?
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On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:50 AM, emijrp emijrp@gmail.com wrote:
2012/2/7 HaeB haebwiki@gmail.com
Actually, the English Wikipedia's Featured Article Director
What is that?
has stated himself
Why are not that decissions taken under community consensus?
that some articles will not be featured on the main page (although he prefers to keep that list short and it currently consists only of the article "Jenna Jameson"):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/archive25#Wikipedia:NOTCENSORED_a...
I read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us that "Wikipedia has no editorial board". Why is there a person deciding what can't be shown in the main page?
There is currently an RfC on both the nature and occupancy of the role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles/2012_RfC_on_FA_lead...
Mike
On Feb 7, 2012 1:50 PM, "emijrp" emijrp@gmail.com wrote:
Why are not that decissions taken under community consensus?
that some articles will not be featured on the main page (although he prefers to keep that list short and it currently consists only of the article "Jenna Jameson"):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Raul654/archive25#Wikipedia:NOTCENSORED_a...
I read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us that "Wikipedia has no editorial board". Why is there a person deciding what can't be shown in the main page?
He's been doing it for years and has never screwed up badly enough for the community to take the job away from him. It's as simple as that. The Wikipedia community can be uncharacteristically pragmatic at times!
On 7 February 2012 17:03, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
He's been doing it for years and has never screwed up badly enough for the community to take the job away from him. It's as simple as that. The Wikipedia community can be uncharacteristically pragmatic at times!
I note that even the front-page featuring of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane made almost no impact in the outside world.
- d.
On 7 February 2012 17:03, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
He's been doing it for years and has never screwed up badly enough for the community to take the job away from him. It's as simple as that. The Wikipedia community can be uncharacteristically pragmatic at times!
I note that even the front-page featuring of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane made almost no impact in the outside world.
- d.
Yet one cannot see in the dark...
Fred
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