[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia article on [[Santorum (neologism)]]

[Fred Bauder]

> I'm not surprised that a Wikipedia article shoots to the top of Google
> searches, isn't that one of the reasons why we write here? I'm pretty
> sure I've seen Wikipedia articles come top on Google even if they lack
> templates and are practically orphans.
>
> Nor am I surprised that someone who writes an article then goes and
> creates associated templates. I don't do much with templates but I
> have a similar editing pattern - I was in the British Museum for the
> Hoxne Hoard challenge and wound up contributing a number of edits to
> articles about the sorts of spoons that were in the hoard.
>
> I am concerned at the risk of the mailing list degenerating into some
> sort of back channel and disrupting the wiki. People using it for off
> wiki complaints about an AFD and criticism of individual wikipedians
> who may not be subscribing  to this list is in my view unhealthy.
>
> Have any of the people expressing disquiet about that editor notified
> them of this thread?
>
> WereSpielChequers

Cirt has been notified and has read the thread. However, you are correct
that we have more or less completed what can appropriately been done on a
mailing list.

Fred