[WikiEN-l] The Editor as Artist

[MuZemike]

Some comments:

1) People from the outside tend not to look at the insides of how 
Wikipedia works, such as actually reading the policy/guideline pages 
such as WP:OWN.

2) Sometimes, I get the feeling that the author is being slightly 
sarcastic in tone, though I do believe that Wikipedia is not a creative 
writing contest, and that NPOV and fiction-writing guidelines assure 
that we don't do that.

3) Assuming she is not sarcastic, she is absolutely right about the 
WP:OWN policy and how it most accurately describes how a wiki should 
function. That is, wikis give freedom for anybody to add, change, or 
even delete content as seen fit; on the same token, people should expect 
what they write, or portions thereof, to be added upon, changed upon, or 
even removed if they don't exactly fit.

Moreover, it is amazing to see, through using a relatively easy 
interface like a wiki, that even a small group of people can come 
together and build, maintain, and hone encyclopedia articles into 
informative, accurate works of information. I remember many instances in 
my lifetime, such as collaborating on a mission statement for 
organizations or, even in a couple of instances, school districts, in 
which there are many unnecessary arguments or even fights over how such 
statements should be worded - complete with the fact that only one 
person is in charge of writing and that communication is closed, all of 
which are addressed in wiki environments.

4) Go WikiProject Video games!!!!!!!!!

-MuZemike


On 11/6/2010 6:28 AM, Fred Bauder wrote:
>> On 05/11/2010 22:52, Carcharoth wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Fred Bauder<fredbaud at fairpoint.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/magazine/07FOB-medium-t.html
>>> That has to be the first time I've seen WP:OWN analysed in a newspaper
>>> article!
>>
>> When it says "no author is tempted to showboat", it is sadly mistaken,
>> though.
>>
>> Charles
>
> A fleet of showboats...
>
> Fred
>
>
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