[WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

[Emily Monroe]

> Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative
> others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation.

I guess whatever floats their boat is what's best for them.

I notice, from time to time, that some wikiprojects I run across have  
become inactive.  It's sad, really--almost like a memorial to once  
might've been a tight-knit community. Even if it wasn't, still...

What should we do that about that? One thing I'm worried about is, is  
the less collaborative ones more likely to become inactive? Should we  
write an short paragraph in the signpost about any wikiproject that's  
*just about* to go inactive? I know there's an article about  
wikiprojects in every signpost.

Emily
On Jun 19, 2009, at 4:12 PM, geni wrote:

> 2009/6/19 Emily Monroe <bluecaliocean at me.com>:
>>> At one extreme reviewing at [[wp:FAC]] is very interactive and in my
>>> experience usually very collegial.
>>>
>>> At the other extreme, when I'm feeling less sociable I find I can
>>> while away hours eradicating preforming from the entertainment
>>> industry or removing a surplus s to merge the Olympic sports of
>>> synchronised ventriloquism and discus throwing.
>>>
>>> Somewhere in between is newpage patrol, most new articles are
>>> written by newbies who haven't mastered categorisation and wiki
>>> format. If you install hotcat and try to categorise new articles
>>> you'll soon find yourself collaborating with lots of editors.
>>
>>       True, true. It would makes sense that different parts of the
>> wikipedia need to have different levels of discussion.
>>
>>       What about wikiprojects? Are they very "collaborative", or do  
>> they
>> serve only as assessment graders?
>>
>
> Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative
> others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation.
>
> Articles  on current events are commonly collaborative.
>
> -- 
> geni
>
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