[Wikimedia-l] Page Curation launch on English Wikipedia

[Richard Symonds]

I'm impressed. And it takes rather a lot for that to happen. Great work,
guys!

Richard Symonds
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On 26 September 2012 11:12, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's %!#?&y nice.
>
> John Vandenberg.
> sent from Galaxy Note
> On Sep 26, 2012 4:47 PM, "PARNALL Perry" <parnall.perry at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > This is ok
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > PARNALL Perry
> > parnall.perry at aol.com
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fabrice Florin <fflorin at wikimedia.org>
> > To: wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>; wikitech-l <
> > wikitech-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Sent: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 6:32 am
> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Page Curation launch on English Wikipedia
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I am happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation has just launched
> Page
> > Curation, a new suite of tools for reviewing articles on Wikipedia.
> >
> > Current page patrol tools like Special:NewPages and Twinkle can be hard
> to
> > use
> > quickly and accurately, and have led to frustration for some users. Page
> > Curation aims to improve that page patrol experience by making it faster
> > and
> > easier to review new pages, using two integrated tools: the New Pages
> Feed
> > and
> > the Curation Toolbar.
> >
> > Read the Page Curation announcement on our blog:
> > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/25/page-curation-launch/
> >
> > To learn more, visit our introduction page:
> >  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_Curation/Introduction
> >
> > If you are an experienced editor, please give Page Curation a try:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:NewPagesFeed
> >
> > We are also holding IRC office hours on Wednesday, September 26 at 4pm PT
> > (23:00
> > UTC), during which we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
> > Please
> > report any issues on our talk page or to our Community Liaison, Oliver
> > Keyes
> > <okeyes at wikimedia.org>.
> >
> > A number of patrollers have already started using Page Curation, and we
> > hope
> > that more curators will adopt this new toolkit over time. A 'release
> > version'
> > was deployed on the English Wikipedia on September 20, 2012, and we plan
> > to make
> > it available to other projects in coming weeks.
> >
> > This feature was created in close collaboration with editors. We would
> > like to
> > take this opportunity to thank all the community members who patiently
> > guided
> > our progress over the past few months. This includes folks like
> > Athleek123, DGG,
> > Dori, Fluffernutter, Logan, The Helpful One, Tom Morris, Utar and
> > WereSpielChequers, to name but a few. We are deeply grateful for your
> > generous
> > contributions to this project!
> >
> > We designed Page Curation to offer a better experience, by making it
> > easier for
> > curators to review new pages and by providing more feedback to creators
> so
> > they
> > can improve Wikipedia together.
> >
> > We hope that you will find this new tool useful. Enjoy!
> >
> >
> >
> > Fabrice Florin
> > Product Manager, Editor Engagement Team
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > User:Fabrice Florin (WMF)
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_Engagement
> >
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