[WikiEN-l] David is on Channel 4 tonight re MS issue

[George Herbert]

On 1/26/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26/01/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was thinking of something different over the weekend.  A Wikipedia
> > Article Subjects Noticeboard, where people or organizations could post
> > things which they object to (short of what the Office would *have* to
> > deal with) and editors can watch and respond to normally.
>
>
> That's the sort of idea I was thinking of.
>
> Would enough regular editors actually respond? That's the only thing
> I'm wondering about.

I think it would be less frustrating than a lot of other admin stuff
people do.  I'd watch the page.  I can't speak for others, though.

> > I was thinking that the process could be something like "First, please
> > post a comment on the article talk page with a detailed explanation of
> > what you object to and why, and identifying who you are and what your
> > official standing is.  Then, add an entry to the top of the list below
> > with template {{Subjectnotice|articlename}}, add some comments, and
> > sign it...  Please do so from a logged in account so that people can
> > respond on your talk page as well as the article talk page."
> > I haven't created the template (I have no idea how they work).
> > Does anyone think this is a bad idea?  Positive comments?
>
>
> It sounds n00b-hostile. What's the lightest-weight process from both
> sides that would do the job?

Good point.  Making a process optimized for the WP experts is not the point...

What do people think the easiest consistent process is which we could
do which would allow article subjects with little WP experience to
find out what to do, and do it, to make such a notification?  Let's
brainstorm...

We can disconnect the subject notifying us from WP process tracking it
once notified.  So they can be different mechanisms.

Ask them to put a comment in the talk page with a {{SubjectObjection}}
tag, which adds the talk page to a category?  Can we explain that
easily enough?

Create a mailing list for it and publicize the address?


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-george william herbert
george.herbert at gmail.com