I was describing to someone how Wikipedia works:
"anyone can edit" etc.
He answered with this argument:
"Wikipedia is the triumph of the average person!
of the man in the street!)"
(average meaning: not good, not bad, just OK)
I asked "why?"
His explanation:
"Great brilliant works are built by individuals.
Groups of people can only create average works.
If someone writes something good in the wiki,
other average persons will intervene with his/her
work and turn it into an average work. If someone
writes something bad in the wiki, the others will
again turn it into something of average value.
with your system (meaning: Wikipedia's system)
you can be sure that you will never create
something too bad but also never something too
good. You can create only average articles."
The idea behind his argument was that Wikipedia
will be a good resource as long as it attracts
good cotnributors. but it will soon become an
average site/encyclopaedia because it allows
anyone to join the project and edit, and most
people are just average persons and not brilliant
writers.
Do you think it's true? and how can we answer
this argument?
--Optim
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On Sunday 28 July 2002 03:00 am, The Cunctator wrote:
> What are the articles this person has been changing?
For 66.108.155.126:
20:08 Jul 27, 2002 Computer
20:07 Jul 27, 2002 Exploit
20:07 Jul 27, 2002 AOL
20:05 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
20:05 Jul 27, 2002 Leet
20:03 Jul 27, 2002 Root
20:02 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:59 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:58 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:54 Jul 27, 2002 Principle of least astonishment
19:54 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
19:52 Jul 27, 2002 Trance music
19:51 Jul 27, 2002 Trance music
For 208.24.115.6:
20:20 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
For 141.157.232.26:
20:19 Jul 27, 2002 Hacker
Most of these were complete replacements with discoherent statements.
Such as "TAP IS THE ABSOLUTE DEFINITION OF THE NOUN HACKER" for Hacker.
For the specifics follow http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Special:Ipblocklist
and look at the contribs.
--mav
Hi all
I’m looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation PEG
grant to be Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…>
.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…
I’d very much appreciate if you would have a look, the most relevant
objectives to Wikipedia are:
*1. Train UNESCO and its partner organisations to contribute to Wikimedia
projects*: Provide UNESCO and its partners with the skills, tools,
resources and connections to contribute to Wikimedia projects in a
meaningful, measurable and sustainable way. To integrate into the Wikimedia
community both online and by matching them with local Wikimedia
organisations and volunteers for in person support and collaboration. The
project will *create and improve content receiving 100,000,000 views per
year* on Wikimedia projects, *educate 1000 people in over 200 organisations* to
learn more about Wikimedia projects. This will include *500 newly
registered users* trained to contribute to Wikimedia projects and *500
articles formally reviewed by experts*.*2. Make content from the archives
of UNESCO and its partners available on Wikimedia projects:* This project
will facilitate the*upload of 30,000 images, audio files, videos, data and
other content* to Wikimedia projects from UNESCO archives
<http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/index.htm?lang=en> (24,000 images), UNESCO
Institute for Statistics (UIS)
<http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx> and other sources including *10
organisations changing their content license to be Wikimedia compatible*, a
completed pilot project is outlined in the Goal section.
I ran a pilot project that resulted in the images found in the Wikimedia
Commons category Images from the archive of UNESCO
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_archive_of_UNES…>,
here are a few examples:
-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soda_volcano,_Oromia,_Ethiopia.jpg>
The Soda volcano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubbles_of_the_cathedral_after_the_earth…>
Rubble of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port
au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010.
-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_monk,_wearing_a_special_costume,_D…>
Young monk, wearing a special costume, July-August 1991, Sikkim, India.
-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sabha,6,_getting_ready_to_walk_to_school…>
Sabha, 6, getting ready to walk to school from her house on the borders
eastern Gaza strip, where she and her family are still living in tents.
-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohana_fishermen_hunters_use_lures_from_…>
Not far from Mohenjo-Daro (or Mohenjodaro) - These Mohana
fishermen/hunters use lures from real birds to catch more birds. They will
either eat them or sell them. Mohenjodaro, Pakistan.
-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Priest_of_rock-Hewn_Churches_of_Lalibela…>
Priest of rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, a high place of Ethiopian
Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion.
If you think this is a worthwhile project please click this link
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…>
and
then click the endorse button. Please share with any individuals or groups
you think would be interested I want to include as many language Wikimedia
projects as I can.
Many thanks
User:Mrjohncummings <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mrjohncummings>
--
*John Cummings - **Wikimedia UK volunteer*
tweet @mrjohnc
Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
--
*John Cummings - **Wikimedia UK volunteer*
tweet @mrjohnc
Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Dorothy Howard" <dhoward(a)metro.org>
Date: Jan 12, 2015 12:20 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-US-NYC-Discuss] METRO Wikipedia webcast on Reference
and Citation today 1/12 at 2-3:15pm EST
To: "Wikimedia New York City Discussion list" <
wikimedia-us-nyc-discuss(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "New York City Wikimedians" <
wikimedia_nyc(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Dear All,
A reminder that today METRO is hosting a Wikipedia webcast on Reference and
Citation from 2-3:15pm EST with:
- Andy Mabbett, Wikipedian-in-Residence atORCID
<http://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/87810012013/interview-with-andy-mabbett-…>
(the
Open Researcher and Contributor ID, an authority control) and the Royal
Society of Chemistry
<http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/wikimedian-residence-royal-society-chemistry/>;
- Jake Orlowitz and Patrick Earley of the Wikipedia Library
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library>;
- and Maximilian Klein, member of the “WikiProject Open
Access/Signaling OA-ness (Open Access)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_…>
."
To tune in, go to our event page right at 2pm to find the live link:
http://metro.org/events/562/ or visit METRO’s Youtube channel between
2:00pm and 3:15pm. The video will also be archived on Youtube after the
webcast finishes.
Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions!
Best wishes,
Dorothy Howard
--
Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
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