[WikiEN-l] The Help Wiki

[Steven Walling]

I've taken that to heart and gotten an account there. Definitely an
interesting, worthwhile endeavor!

On Jan 13, 2008 2:10 PM, AGK <agkwiki at googlemail.com> wrote:

> G Donato speaks wisely here :) again, everybody is welcome to register an
> account: it's all for the good of Wikipedia, and anybody will be received
> with open arms! AGK
>
> On 13/01/2008, G Donato <gdonato at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > AGK wrote:
> > > I've noticed the growth of the WikBack, and decided this is a good
> time
> > for
> > > new projects. The Help Wiki is a MediaWiki site which aims to produce
> > some
> > > neat little help guides for newbies on Wikipedia. At the present,
> we're
> > just
> > > writing them and improving them: we're taking it slow, and our little
> > > community is still unsure whether our guides will eventually be
> > implemented
> > > onto Wikipedia, or kept on-site.
> > >
> > > Anyway, we're located at <
> > > http://www.pj.tsone.info/helpwiki/index.php/Main_Page> (the domain
> name
> > > isn't sorted yet), and all contributors are welcome. We use the
> > FlaggedRevs
> > > extension to provide some basic peer review and constructive
> criticism,
> > as
> > > well as a basic level of quality for our readers, but otherwise
> > everybody is
> > > welcome to contribute!
> > >
> > > The project was founded by User:Qst at enwiki, and has a basic community
> of
> > ~8
> > > users; we're around a month old. I'm just the developer for it, by the
> > way
> > > ;) so, all welcome, even if you just create an account, and perhaps
> add
> > a
> > > guide or two!
> > >
> > > Best regards to all,
> > > Anthony
> > >
> > > User:AGK
> > > en.wikipedia.org
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> > I do think the scope of this site is rather good as Wikipedia is
> > probably quite a daunting place due to its size and possible cabal-ish
> > feel for some people. An external place to provide help may be quite
> > good and reassuring despite the fact that Wikipedia has its own help
> > pages. Another help site could be stronger when it comes to discussing
> > the standard practice, if not the policies, of the Wikipedia community,
> > for example.
> >
> > G Donato
> >
> >
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