I'm aware that "knowledge" as a concept has a long history. I would not
have expected the movement to have finally resolved the "problem of
knowledge", whatever that might be, nor did I say that I had. I am
expressing surprise that there is not yet a common understanding that the
movement can rally round.
"Rogol"
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Richard Farmbrough <
richard(a)farmbrough.co.uk> wrote:
The problem of knowledge is much older than Wikipedia.
It is part of the
reason that so many intelligent people belive things that are "simply not
so".
On 11 Aug 2017 11:52, "Rogol Domedonfors" <domedonfors(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is it not rather late to be discussing what
"knowledge" might be, towards
the end of the second decade of a mission to bring the sum of human
knowledge to the world, and in the middle of a major effort to determine
the strategy of the movement into its third and fourth decades? Surely
by
now there is a clear, concise and actionable
agreed definition of
knowledge
that we can point to when people ask what all
that money has been and
continues to be raised for? Why not just point to that common position
that everyone has signed up to?
"Rogol"
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:00 PM, John Erling Blad <jeblad(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Information is "facts told, heard, or discovered" (Oxford) or
"knowledge
communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance".
(I
> would say data and not knowledge, but knowledge is good enough for
this.)
> If you can't observe the fact or
circumstance, and can't communicate
the
fact, how
can there be the information?
Sorry, this does not make sense.
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:08 AM, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Verifiability can be very different. For example oral sources
very agree, the intangible sources are a really challenge to way you
look
> at verifiability. Not only are wanting to gather the information and
make
> > it possible for others to also access it the very nature of the
sources
> is
> > dynamic and fragile bringing them into a tangible format risks the
> > continuation of knowledge gained, a kin to exposing an ancient paper
> source
> > to intense UV light.
> >
> > There is a lot of fantastic work going on around the world on how to
> > "Europeanise" knowledge without destroying it . All of this gets
more
>
complex when you learn that knowledge isnt just a few words its part
of a
> multidimensional connection to and in time,
place, and circumstances
by
> > bringing it into a one dimensional world like Wikipedia is in it self
> > changing the very nature of the knowledge. If our goal is to
collect
> the
> > sum of all knowledge then we need to be free as communities to
address
> the
> > uniqueness of the knowledge we seek within the bounds of
> culture(language)
> > from which it originates
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > On 9 August 2017 at 04:12, Jean-Philippe Béland <
jpbeland(a)wikimedia.ca
> wrote:
>
> > Verifiability can be very different. For example oral sources.
> >
> > JP
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 05:20 John Erling Blad, <jeblad(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > >
> > > > Policy should not have local variations, unless you want to
create
> > > > something different from
Wikipedia. This is about core content
> > policies.
> > > > Those are no original research, verifiability, and neutral point
of
> > view.
> > > > The one most don't follow is neutral point of view, where
projects
> > > rewrite
> > > > world history to focus on their own local view.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:20 AM, Gnangarra
<gnangarra(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > its the cultural differences that influence the policy, so
who's
> > > culture
> > > > is
> > > > > more significant than everyone elses that will dictate the
> policies.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8 August 2017 at 08:14, John Erling Blad
<jeblad(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yes there are cultural differences between wikipedias on
> _content_,
> > > but
> > > > > > there should be no differences on _policy_ about that
content.
> >
> > > Note also that there are some differences on use of _facts_
that
> > are
> > > > > highly
> > > > > > troublesome, and that comes from relaxed core policies.
> > > > > > Armenian genocide for example.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Gnangarra <
gnangarra(a)gmail.com
>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > to quote, worth a read before even considering
policies
being
abstract
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This article explores the relationship between
linguistic
> culture
> > > and
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > preferred standards of presenting information
based on
> article
> > > > > > > > representation in major Wikipedias. Using primary
research
> >
analysis
> > > > of
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > number of images, references, internal links, external
links,
> > > words,
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > characters, as well as their proportions in Good and
Featured
> > > > > articles
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > the eight largest Wikipedias, we discover a high
diversity
of
> > > > > > approaches
> > > > > > > > and format preferences, correlating with culture.
We
> > demonstrate
> > > > that
> > > > > > > > high-quality standards in information
presentation are
not
> > > globally
> > > > > > > shared
> > > > > > > > and that in many aspects, the language
culture's
influence
> > > > determines
> > > > > > > what
> > > > > > > > is perceived to be proper, desirable, and
exemplary for
> > > > encyclopedic
> > > > > > > > entries. As a result, we demonstrate that
standards for
> > > > encyclopedic
> > > > > > > > knowledge are not globally agreed-upon and
“objective”
but
> > local
> > > > and
> > > > > > very
> > > > > > > > subjective.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 4 August 2017 at 10:18, Ziko van Dijk <
zvandijk(a)gmail.com
> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > The number of pillars depends on the language
version...
> > > > > > > And whether some rules is called pilöar not dpes not
seem
to
> be
> > > pf
> > > > > much
> > > > > > > > importance
> > > > > > > > Ziko
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > John Erling Blad <jeblad(a)gmail.com> schrieb
am Do. 3.
Aug.
> > 2017
> > > um
> > > > > > > 14:42:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Five pillars are moot.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Gnangarra
<
> > gnangarra(a)gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > The moment you have a centralised
policy you take
away
the
> > > > ability
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > discuss, makes decisions, and achieve
consensus from
the
> > > > > community
> > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > create the projects. Importantly you
create the
> opportunity
> > > for
> > > > > > > banned
> > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > blocked editors to decide what happens
in a
community.
> >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > By having a base set of simple policies in
the
Incubator
> > that
> > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > atuomatically created when a project
starts up you
give
>
them
> > > the
> > > > > best
> > > > > > > > guide
> > > > > > > > > to establishing themselves well before that
project
goes
> > live,
> > > > > ince a
> > > > > > > > > project is live it has to be allowed to
develop its
> > community.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We already have the 5 pillars which are the
basis for
the
> > > > > projects,
> > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > meta is not a place that the content
creating
community
> >
spends
> > > a
> > > > > lot
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > time.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 3 August 2017 at 19:07, John Erling Blad
<
> > jeblad(a)gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Having centralized core policies would
lessen the
> > maintenance
> > > > and
> > > > > > > > > process,
> > > > > > > > > > not increase them.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:17 AM,
Strainu <
> > > strainu10(a)gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > The core policies should be the
ones pushed by
board
> > > > > resolution,
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > those should be the absolute
minimum required to
keep
> the
> > > > > > projects
> > > > > > > > > > > safe from a legal POV. Period.
Otherwise, people
with
> > > > little
> > > > > > > > > > > > understanding of small
Wikipedias will try to
push
> > stuff
> > > > from
> > > > > > > > en.wp.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Just recently someone was
trying to have an RFC
on
meta
> > on
> > > > all
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > different processes that en.wp has
and ro.wp does
not
>
have,
> > > > with
> > > > > > > > > > little consideration on whether the
manpower to
> implement,
> > > let
> > > > > > alone
> > > > > > > > > > maintain, these processes exists. No
thank you to
rule
> > > pushing
> > > > > > > without
> > > > > > > > > > local context.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Having a community take a rule from
en.wp is
different,
> > just
> > > as
> > > > > > long
> > > > > > > > > > as some kind of discussion happens
within the
community
> > > about
> > > > > it.
> > > > > > > > Even
> > > > > > > > > > > if the rule is really useless or
harmful and the
> > community
> > > > did
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > > > > realize that in the beginning, at
least it can
evolve
> > > > > > differently
> > > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > > > the English one. Have a
centralized repository
and
> > trying
> > > > to
> > > > > > > change
> > > > > > > > > > > > the rules there by consensus
would be much more
> > difficult
> > > > for
> > > > > > > small
> > > > > > > > > > > > communities.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Strainu
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2017-08-02 17:05 GMT+03:00
John Erling Blad <
> > > > > jeblad(a)gmail.com
> > > > > > >:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Nearly all Wikipedia
projects has virtually the
> same
> > > core
> > > > > > > content
> > > > > > > > > > > > policies,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > but with slightly
different wording. Nearly
all,
> >
because
> > > a
> > > > > lot
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > smaller lacks them, and a lot
has outdated or
only
> > > partial
> > > > > > > > policies.
> > > > > > > > > It
> > > > > > > > > > > > takes a lot of time to
actually make them and
keep
> them
> > > > > > updated.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Creating and maintaining the
core content
policies
> > should
> > > > not
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > something
> > > > > > > > > > > > that small projects should
invest a lot of time
in,
> > > they
> > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > simply
> > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > able to point to
existing policies on Meta. The
> > central
> > > > > > > policies
> > > > > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > localized if necessary.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Checking Meta I find
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> > > > > wiki/The_no_original_research_
> > > > > > > > policy
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/
> > > wiki/Neutral_point_of_view
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't find
anything like "Verifiability".
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Would it be possible for
Wikimedia Foundation
to
> make
> > > > some
> > > > > > > sound
> > > > > > > > > > > baseline
> > > > > > > > > > > > > policies, and with the
option for local
projects
to
> > > refine
> > > > > > those?
> > > > > > > > > > Perhaps
> > > > > > > > > > > > with assistance from editors
on Wikipedia?
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Lets try to make the policies
accurate, without
"no
> > > > > original
> > > > > > > > > > research"
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diverging into
verifiability of external
sources.
> It
> > > > should
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > original research in
content on Wikipedia.
> Likewise,
> > at
> > > > > some
> > > > > > > > > projects
> > > > > > > > > > > > > neutral point of view
has become "do not
diverge
from
> > > > > creators
> > > > > > > > point
> > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > view"…
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Would this be possible? It
would be really nice
if
> > > those
> > > > > > > baseline
> > > > > > > > > > > > policies
> > > > > > > > > > > > > pages could be copied to
the individual
projects
> like
> > > > > central
> > > > > > > > user
> > > > > > > > > > > pages,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > so they would be
"internal" to the projects.
Thus
> the
> > > > > > projects
> > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > more
"ownership" of them.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > The same thing apply to
other meta projects
> > (Wikipedia,
> > > > > > > > Wikibooks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Wiktionary, etc).
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeblad
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
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