[WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Dahsun
Thinking on Emily's point about social interaction on wikipedia, I'm well aware that the amount of interaction that I have with other editors varies dramatically depending on the areas of the Wiki that I spend time in. At one extreme reviewing at [[wp:FAC]] is very interactive and in my

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Emily Monroe
At one extreme reviewing at [[wp:FAC]] is very interactive and in my experience usually very collegial. At the other extreme, when I'm feeling less sociable I find I can while away hours eradicating preforming from the entertainment industry or removing a surplus s to merge the Olympic

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Emily Monroe
Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation. I guess whatever floats their boat is what's best for them. I notice, from time to time, that some wikiprojects I run across have become inactive. It's

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread AGK
On WikiProjects: The performance of collaboration projects varies almost as drastically as does the quality of Wikipedia's articles. At some ends, we have some quite impressive organisations - such as WProj Military history - that are very hands-on. At others, there are some quite useless projects

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread geni
2009/6/19 Emily Monroe bluecalioc...@me.com: Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation. I guess whatever floats their boat is what's best for them. I notice, from time to time, that some

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Fred Bauder
Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation. I guess whatever floats their boat is what's best for them. I notice, from time to time, that some wikiprojects I run across have become inactive. It's