All
I'm getting annoyed at the plethora of "Usenet" style
discussions happening all over the place. Not so much that they are happening (I
think this is unavoidable) but that there is no organisation in place to
accommodate it.
To distinguish between the Wikipedia (as an information
resource) and the "Community involved in an encyclopaedia project" I would like
to propose the creation of five pages (some already exist):
Wikipedia Policy
Wikipedia Commentary
Wikipedia Community
Wikipedia Discussion
Wikipedia Utilities
Each of these can have numerous sub-pages. Many pages which
are floating around as distinct entries can be re-classified under these five
headings. This will also discourage people from creating "meta-pages" as
distinct encyclopaedia headings (eg. my own creation - [[Page titles to be
deleted]])
Wikipedia Policy
/Neutral point of view
/To delete or not delete
/Permanent deletion of pages
/Wiki administrators
/(etc)
Wikipedia Commentary
This page should be restored to its
original intent - the publishing of editorial articles, free of the constraints
of NPOV.
Wikipedia Community
/Wikipedians (and associated existing
subpages)
/Wikipediholic
/Wikipedia-L
/other pages related to the community of
editors, public notices not relevant to the reader community, etc.
Wikipedia Discussion
/all the pages related to discussing the
evolution of Wikipedia...
I know Larry is against this idea in principle, but face it -
it will always happen. At least this way it is centralised and we will only shit
in a small corner of the nest, as opposed to everywhere now.
Wikipedia Utilities
/page titles to be deleted
/personal subpages to be
deleted
/statistics
/friends of Wikipedia
/(etc)
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Manning Bartlett
Senior Business
Intelligence Consultant
EMC Global Pty Ltd
Sydney Australia