[Wikimedia-l] Erik Zachte on bot-generated articles

[Santi Navarro]

+1

> I've always been surprised how all the time this discussion re-appears,
> most of the arguments are based about in-Wikipedia discussion and not
> about
> the impact of our goal: spread free knowledge. "What about the number of
> articles? And the ranking? And the 'Random articles'?" and so on... when
> most of our users don't care about that. They care about Wikipedia having
> an answer when they are looking for some info, probably via Google or
> through a blue link. Do you really think they will notice or care if it
> was
> made by human or a bot?
>
> I don't think bots are the solution and they will always have some
> particular issues, but please, focus the discussion if the content created
> by bots are useful or not, just like any other kind of article, and not
> about topics that only are important for those who love (like me)
> statistics and are reeeeeeeally involved on Wikipedia.
>
>
> *Osmar Valdebenito G.*
> Director Ejecutivo
> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
>
>
> 2013/6/27 Jon Davies <jon.davies at wikimedia.org.uk>
>
>> I learnt yesterday that the Welsh Wicipedia does not have 'stubs'. It
>> has
>> 'Little Acorns' - so much nicer and more descriptive.
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Santiago Navarro
Wikimedia España
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