[Foundation-l] Re: Interwiki Cooperation; NSK

Anthere anthere9 at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 2 11:39:38 UTC 2004


byron gamildien,

Hello,

Would you consider clarifying what you write in your name and where.

I am unable to deciphar what your message is in your 4 mails.

Anthere



byron gamildien a écrit:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:18:51 +1000
>  David Gerard <fun at thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
> 
>>NSK (nsk2 at wikinerds.org) [041027 10:11]:
>>
>>>On Tuesday 26 October 2004 22:26, David Gerard wrote:
>>
>>>>what was your Wikipedia username again?
>>>
>>>The reason I have not answered that question is because
>>
>>it was first asked by 
>>
>>>a person who offended me ("as faulty as your logic", 23
>>
>>October 2004). 
>>
>>
>>Therefore it can never be asked again by anyone else
>>ever? I used to have a
>>girlfriend like that. Used to.
>>
>>
>>
>>>That said, I also don't understand why I need to answer
>>
>>this question. Is it 
>>
>>>some kind of policy in Wikipedia to say your user names
>>
>>in emails? I notice 
>>
>>>many people post without mentioning their usernames and
>>
>>I wonder why you 
>>
>>>picked me specifically.
>>
>> Because I'm trying to work out how much credibility to
>>assign to your
>>radical and jarring ideas for the project.
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Do you in fact edit on Wikipedia at all?
>>>
>> 
>>
>>>Does it matter? I cannot understand why you ask this
>>
>>question. Are your 
>>
>>>mailing lists restricted only to your members? I don't
>>
>>think so, because it 
>>
>>>was very easy for me to register (if that's not the
>>
>>intended behaviour, you 
>>
>>>need to configure your Mailman installation). 
>>
>>
>>It matters in terms of how seriously your suggestions are
>>going to be
>>taken. The reason I ask is to know whether you  have
>>*any* experience of
>>this wiki, the one you're advancing the ideas for. Your
>>messages so far
>>seem to indicate you don't actually understand much of
>>Wikipedia culture;
>>with a username, it would be possible to see what your
>>edits are like, what
>>you do and so on and get more of a handle on where you're
>>coming from.
>>
>>
>>
>>>You can find me in many mailing lists or fora,
>>
>>including FSF-GNU/GNOME/CC/AMD, 
>>
>>
>>It's not a True Name thing (that being no secret), but
>>your persona within
>>Wikipedia - if any.
>>
>>The essential point I'm trying to get across is that
>>you're starting from a
>>position of no credibility. If that's fine by you, then
>>continue as you
>>are; however, if you wish to be taken seriously and (as I
>>tried to explain
>>before) your ideas gain traction, I suspect it won't be
>>adequate.
>>
>>
>>
>>>and I am lurking on many other mailing lists and
>>
>>communities, while I have 
>>
>>>also joined projects such as Drupal.org and
>>
>>OpenFormats.org and very soon I 
>>
>>>will join KDE. Slashdot has published stories written
>>
>>by me (KDE/FSF's 
>>
>>>WIWO...) and my karma there is Good. My university
>>
>>dissertation is on wikis. 
>>
>>>I notice some people refer to me as "he/she" and I
>>
>>wonder whether they have 
>>
>>>noticed who am I.
>>
>>
>>Then surely you see what I meant about the phenomenon
>>that although an
>>outside perspective is good, you need to be able to
>>explain it in insider
>>terms for traction. Per project. This being not just any
>>wiki, but the
>>biggest by a long shot. Ask [[User:Kate Turner]] about
>>the difference in
>>feel between a small wiki and Wikipedia.
>>
>>
>>
>>>participate in your mailing lists as a representative
>>
>>of a friendly website 
>>
>>>which seeks to have relations, cooperation and
>>
>>knowledge sharing with 
>>
>>>Wikimedia. But if WMF does not wish to cooperate or
>>
>>thinks I am a 
>>
>>>"competitor", then you can just say so and I will
>>
>>leave.
>> 
>>
>>I wouln't say that at all (speaking only for myself).
>>
>>
>>
>>>Finally, I would like to know how we can implement
>>
>>interwiki links to each 
>>
>>>other and whether WMF is interested in this kind of
>>
>>linking.
>>
>>
>>That would be a nice thing. At present it's largely
>>hackable through
>>templates in the 'External links' section of articles.
>>you go brother,fight the good fight
>>
>>- d.
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