The thing about the template is that after the date it's useless; it can just
be plain text. So, someone will come and remove it, which is just the same as
having to update the date manually.
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Why is this needed when there are already RSS/Atom feeds for every article
history?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peloponnesian_Warfeed=rssaction=history
That's one, for example. Did they just happen to overlook that?
From: Carcharoth
Tropical cyclones. Anyone surprised? That's followed by Illinois, and the
Simpsons. I made a full list at User:Noble Story/Project stats.
Actually, I was surprised at how good the Vital articles coverage was. 16% of
the articles are approved, which is eleventh best. Not bad, as opposed to
what
Wikipedia says Wikipedia was a complementary project for Nupedia.
Citenzendium says Wikipedia was an accidental spin-off of Nupedia. Is there
any reason to say that? How can a project be an accidental spin-off of
something else?
Noble Story
From: Carcharoth
the articles that Wikipedia has without getting more and more editors. Another
reason why being nice to newcomers and leaving a good first impression is so
crucial. Obviously, as you can read in the Slashdot comments (and many other
places), this is not Wikipedia's strength, at all.
Mark Nilrad
