Re: [WikiEN-l] Support needed for Wikipedia QnA website to open

2011-02-06 Thread Samuel Klein
Tom - Great idea. I believe what we want to end up with is OSQA, like what OSM has set up, not a (proprietary) StackOverflow site. OSQA is a great tool for collaborative knowledge-sharing. http://meta.osqa.net/questions/127/osqa-vs-stackoverflow-performance-and-features SJ On Thu, Jan 27,

[WikiEN-l] Deletionist wanted for hire

2011-02-06 Thread David Gerard
http://www.i-freelancer.org/php/wikipedia-expert-wanted-to-delete-article/ (spotted by Tinu Cherian) - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Support needed for Wikipedia QnA website to open

2011-02-06 Thread Charles Matthews
On 06/02/2011 13:53, Samuel Klein wrote: Tom - Great idea. I believe what we want to end up with is OSQA, like what OSM has set up, not a (proprietary) StackOverflow site. OSQA is a great tool for collaborative knowledge-sharing.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletionist wanted for hire

2011-02-06 Thread Fred Bauder
I'm quite willing to contact them, afd each article on their list, and if consensus is that any merit deletion, I will donate the proceeds to the WMF. Scott I've tried bidding on that basis myself; it is futile. They want someone who breaks, or at least manipulates the rule, not someone that

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletionist wanted for hire

2011-02-06 Thread wiki
It would be instructive to know what articles they are worried about and why. I find that most people wanting articles deleted have a good reason and, while deletion may not be justified by Wikipedia's rules, there are often problems with the articles that we ought to address. People wanting

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletionist wanted for hire

2011-02-06 Thread Fred Bauder
It would be instructive to know what articles they are worried about and why. I find that most people wanting articles deleted have a good reason and, while deletion may not be justified by Wikipedia's rules, there are often problems with the articles that we ought to address. People

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletionist wanted for hire

2011-02-06 Thread David Gerard
On 6 February 2011 19:07, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: I'm not sure exactly how someone is expected to communicate with us. Although I suppose OTRS is how, but how does someone who is not familiar with our system find it? The Contact Wikipedia or Help links? Quite a lot of