[WikiEN-l] 2010 challenge: 2 billion wanted articles...

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

On 5/24/07, Magnus Manske <magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 5/23/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > How many articles _should_ Wikipedia have?
>
> Why don't we start covering
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encyclopedia_topics
> then list all broken links, write these articles, rinse (merging,
> deleting and redirecting), repeat.
>
> Once there are no broken links anymore (typos become redirects) we
> will know the exact number :-)
>

In  light of the "wikipedia effect" thread elsewhere (where it was
complained that people never dip into the vast reservoir that are
libraries etc. because we are so easily accessible) and the vastly
illuminating speech by Charlie Stross (hugs to his wife for all the
gutenbergish stuff she does) linked to on these same mailing lists;
and other factors...

May I announce as my personal challenge...

Please make my day, and create 2 billion _article_requests_ and/or
"articles for creation" before 2010.

I know I am being self-serving in making this request/challenge, but
think about it. Argue about whether we really do want an article, not
about whether we want to delete it... There has to be an upside to
that equation...


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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]