Hello all, I wanted to know the status of a couple of issues. First: how is the non-profit going? Will we have wikipedia foundation this year? Second: was there any agreement about making www.wikipedia.org the face of the whole project, not just the english wikipedia? Happy New Year, (just over a week late)
AstroNomer
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wiki pedista wrote:
Second: was there any agreement about making www.wikipedia.org the face of the whole project, not just the english wikipedia?o/wikipedia-l
There were two problems: 1. It will upset Google. Well, folks, at the moment we are largely Google-blind. Might be a good time to move! 2. What to put at www.wikipedia.org. This boiled down to:
a) a multilingual portal page b) a browser-sniffing thing that would send users to the right place
and nobody could agree on which was best.
That was about it, right?
Now copy the above text and send it to yourself 500 times to simulate the ongoing debate ;-)
--- tarquin tarquin@planetunreal.com wrote:
wiki pedista wrote:
Second: was there any agreement about making www.wikipedia.org the face of the whole project,
not
just the english wikipedia?o/wikipedia-l
There were two problems:
- It will upset Google. Well, folks, at the moment
we are largely Google-blind. Might be a good time to move!
ey, could anyone explain how we "measure" how much we are known by google ?
- What to put at www.wikipedia.org. This boiled
down to:
a) a multilingual portal page b) a browser-sniffing thing that would send users to the right place
and nobody could agree on which was best.
That was about it, right?
Maybe we need more ideas...:-) Maybe newcomers ? after they spend hours trying to find and read last fall messages on the topic on the mailing list :-)) Then maybe we could think over how to take a decision together properly ? :-)))
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision_making
Now copy the above text and send it to yourself 500 times to simulate the ongoing debate ;-)
May we do a reply all to have some fun ?
Does anybody have a nice free picture of a french "bar parisien" taken on a trip in our absolutely beautiful capital ? Or a shot of an old country inn ? We need one...
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Anthere wrote:
ey, could anyone explain how we "measure" how much we are known by google ?
Google searches aren't showing us as much as they used to :(
Does anybody have a nice free picture of a french "bar parisien" taken on a trip in our absolutely beautiful capital ? Or a shot of an old country inn ? We need one...
I think ANthere means for here: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%E9dia%3ALe_Bistro
(I needed a drink so I broke in early :-)
Now I think about it, the Multi-language search
http://www.wikipedia.org/tools/wikisearch.php
There is only one hyperlink out of that page and it points to http://www.wikipedia.com
Can somebody change that to http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_provisional_portal_of_Wikipedia
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