[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia's scope

[Magnus Manske]

Hi Mike,

as a chalkboard buddy (I'm currently dumping my chalkboard articles into
wikipedia, they were too much work to remain unseen there :( ) I assure you
the wikipedia as we know it will be untouched by the namespaces. The
namespaces just add locked copies of wikipedia articles. I guess we'll only
have a single page with a link into the secure namespace, although my
current script (still not online yet) displays links to all the copies in
other namespaces at the bottom of the page.
You will see it once the new script goes online.

So far I agree with Larry. One point, however, is the phrase "two or three
relevant area reviewer approvals". Even in my enhanced version, I don't
support specialized area editors, just an "editor class". You are an editor,
or you are not. Editors can edit (and soon, delete?) articles in namespaces.
That's it. Wikipedia is based on trust (to some degree), and I think editors
there should be trusted not to move rubbish to the "stable" namespaces. If
they do anyway, other editors can undo the change, of a sysop can come and
lock the page even for editors.

I'm back to moving articles into wikipedia now...

Magnus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wikipedia-l-admin at nupedia.com
> [mailto:wikipedia-l-admin at nupedia.com]On Behalf Of mikedill at nupedia.com
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:08 PM
> To: wikipedia-l at nupedia.com
> Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia's scope
>
>
> I dont agree that wikipedia should have frozen pages. My thought is
> that all of the 'approved' articles be copied to Nupedia, where you
> can have a fixed reference.
>
> At Nupedia, they can then undergo peer review, and then published
> as 'qualified' articles. I know that the current review cycle would
> have some problems with the amount of change that wikipedia
> generates, but Nupedia is the place where stable, if not the greatest
> in the world articles should be referenced.
>
> A suggestion: Perhaps it means that nupedia will have to change a bit
> and show 'non-reviewed' articles, but it would let the wiki process
> at wikipedia continue.
>
>
> mike dill0