On 6/20/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 20/06/07, Skander - shinywater@gmail.com wrote:
How does the de.wiki deal with WP:OWN issues that are likely to arise as
a
result of these contests?
There's two kinds of ownership. One is paternal, one is possessive. "That's my article, I created it, I'm very pleased with it" vs. "That's my article, get your hands off it"
The former is what contests like this tend to create, and it's harmless (and in many ways to be encouraged). I'm not sure a contest like this would produce the latter any more than the normal article-rating process does...
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
I agree; any increase in articles being improved to G/FA status would increase WP:OWN problems, and this contest wouldn't do it more than, say, a big push to 2000 FAs that was advertised everywhere (though this contest might be more effective, and so would create proportionally more problems).
Rory