Hi Mike,
as a chalkboard buddy (I'm currently dumping my chalkboard articles into wikipedia, they were too much work to remain unseen there :( ) I assure you the wikipedia as we know it will be untouched by the namespaces. The namespaces just add locked copies of wikipedia articles. I guess we'll only have a single page with a link into the secure namespace, although my current script (still not online yet) displays links to all the copies in other namespaces at the bottom of the page. You will see it once the new script goes online.
So far I agree with Larry. One point, however, is the phrase "two or three relevant area reviewer approvals". Even in my enhanced version, I don't support specialized area editors, just an "editor class". You are an editor, or you are not. Editors can edit (and soon, delete?) articles in namespaces. That's it. Wikipedia is based on trust (to some degree), and I think editors there should be trusted not to move rubbish to the "stable" namespaces. If they do anyway, other editors can undo the change, of a sysop can come and lock the page even for editors.
I'm back to moving articles into wikipedia now...
Magnus
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com [mailto:wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com]On Behalf Of mikedill@nupedia.com Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:08 PM To: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia's scope
I dont agree that wikipedia should have frozen pages. My thought is that all of the 'approved' articles be copied to Nupedia, where you can have a fixed reference.
At Nupedia, they can then undergo peer review, and then published as 'qualified' articles. I know that the current review cycle would have some problems with the amount of change that wikipedia generates, but Nupedia is the place where stable, if not the greatest in the world articles should be referenced.
A suggestion: Perhaps it means that nupedia will have to change a bit and show 'non-reviewed' articles, but it would let the wiki process at wikipedia continue.
mike dill0