Re: [WikiEN-l] Request to help research group by providing feedback on Wikipedia-based visualizations

2009-06-18 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:45 AM, Commpraccommp...@u.washington.edu wrote: Willing to spend a few minutes taking our survey? Please visit https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/commprac/78947 Hi. Fwiw, I think page 3 is flawed. It says at the top that the pages for the two editors are

Re: [WikiEN-l] RFC on paid editing

2009-06-18 Thread Jay Litwyn
If we only allowed unpaid editing, then disclosure would be driven underground. I do not think WP:COI precludes editing on topics you created, or [[user:Ken_Birman]] would've been blocked a long time ago, and I would really hate to discover that he went for sock puppets. I would *rather*

Re: [WikiEN-l] What sparked your interest in Wikipedia? (was Googlethinks Wikipedia is a news source)

2009-06-18 Thread Jay Litwyn
David Gerard dger...@gmail.com quoted news:fbad4e140906151058wc6f789dxaedcbfde40e78...@mail.gmail.com , citing 2009/6/15 Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com: And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and a really long thread results. I was reading the Oxford

Re: [WikiEN-l] Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source

2009-06-18 Thread Jay Litwyn
News is the first rough draft of History, which is probably why wikipedia is not supposed to be news. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] I love SEOs

2009-06-18 Thread Michael Gray
Even our critics can't help but use our services. I'm entertained that y'all noticed and are talking about little ole' me :-) M. Gray aka Graywolf ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

[WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Emily Monroe
Hey! I'm new here! Just joined today! I'm known as I dream of horses on Wikipedia. My real name is Emily, but a lot of people call me Em for short. I am 19 years old. I like music, particularly rock, and instrumental music. I also like to exercise, and to fidget. I am a lacto-ovo

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread stevertigo
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Emily Monroe bluecalioc...@me.com wrote: Hey! I'm new here! Just joined today! I'm known as I dream of horses on Wikipedia. My real name is Emily, but a lot of people call me Em for short. I am 19 years old. I like music, particularly rock, and instrumental

Re: [WikiEN-l] Image reuse

2009-06-18 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Stephen Bain stephen.b...@gmail.com wrote: From: Stephen Bain stephen.b...@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, 18 June, 2009 08:25:35 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Image reuse On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at

Re: [WikiEN-l] What sparked your interest in Wikipedia? (was Googlethinks Wikipedia is a news source)

2009-06-18 Thread AGK
Reading everybody's accounts of how they came to join Wikipedia is always an interesting experience! AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Image reuse

2009-06-18 Thread geni
2009/6/18 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: Wikinews interestingly does for images. I never quite understood why they do and we don't - maybe it'll catch on! Andrew Basically because having credit:wetriffs.com in the article space would be inappropriate. -- geni

Re: [WikiEN-l] I love SEOs

2009-06-18 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/6/17 Michael Gray mg...@atlasws.com: Even our critics can't help but use our services. I'm entertained that y'all noticed and are talking about little ole' me :-) M. Gray aka Graywolf You entertain us, we entertain you - what a fantastic arrangement! Welcome to WikiEN-l!

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Emily Monroe
I didn't mean to be overly social. Sorry about that. Emily On Jun 18, 2009, at 5:01 AM, stevertigo wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Emily Monroe bluecalioc...@me.com wrote: Hey! I'm new here! Just joined today! I'm known as I dream of horses on Wikipedia. My real name is Emily,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread AGK
Hey! I'm new here! Just joined today! I'm known as I dream of horses on Wikipedia. My real name is Emily, but a lot of people call me Em for short. I am 19 years old. I like music, particularly rock, and instrumental music. I also like to exercise, and to fidget. I am a lacto-ovo

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Fred Bauder
Hey! I'm new here! Just joined today! I'm known as I dream of horses on Wikipedia. My real name is Emily, but a lot of people call me Em for short. I am 19 years old. I like music, particularly rock, and instrumental music. I also like to exercise, and to fidget. I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Emily Monroe
That is certainly a legitimate topic of discussion on this list: how we might make Wikipedia a friendlier, more welcoming place. So, not a place to socialize, but nonetheless a welcoming place to be? Emily On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: Hey! I'm new here! Just joined

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Fred Bauder
That is certainly a legitimate topic of discussion on this list: how we might make Wikipedia a friendlier, more welcoming place. So, not a place to socialize, but nonetheless a welcoming place to be? Emily Right, like a round square... How can we both get work done, put our efforts into

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Emily Monroe
How can we both get work done, put our efforts into improving our reference works, and also have a pleasant friendly atmosphere. Sounds like a lofty yet worthy goal. :-) Emily On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: That is certainly a legitimate topic of discussion on this list: how

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread geni
2009/6/18 Emily Monroe bluecalioc...@me.com: That is certainly a legitimate topic of discussion on this list: how we might make Wikipedia a friendlier, more welcoming place. So, not a place to socialize, but nonetheless a welcoming place to be? Socialising generally takes place though the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
Fred Bauder wrote: Hey! I'm new here! Just joined today! I'm known as I dream of horses on Wikipedia. My real name is Emily, but a lot of people call me Em for short. I am 19 years old. I like music, particularly rock, and instrumental music. I also like to exercise, and to fidget. I am a

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
geni wrote: 2009/6/18 Emily Monroe bluecalioc...@me.com: That is certainly a legitimate topic of discussion on this list: how we might make Wikipedia a friendlier, more welcoming place. So, not a place to socialize, but nonetheless a welcoming place to be? Socialising

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Charles Matthews
Emily Monroe wrote: Is there any kind of mailing list etiquette I should be aware of? It would be rather grouchy not to respond to your enthusiasm ... or to come up with a rule book. I like it when people edit the mails they reply to down to just the point they want to meet, and keep

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread David Gerard
2009/6/18 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com: To wrap this up, people-oriented people have always helped very much to create a more integrated community. Those that get themselves involved in content issues often help to keep things from blowing up. And some have even been entrusted by the community

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Isabell Long
2009/6/18 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com We all need to be encyclopedists, but working with all the other encyclopedists, those who do a lot and those who do a little, etc., etc. This is easier to say than to achieve, of course. Indeed it is! Very much easier to say than to achieve, but from

Re: [WikiEN-l] Hi there, everybody!

2009-06-18 Thread Emily Monroe
But do I understand correctly, Emily, that by social aspects you mean more what we might call community, or collective, or perhaps synergetic aspects? Yes, that's what I mean! I'll be interested to see where this discussion goes. Emily On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:15 PM, stevertigo wrote: On Thu,

[WikiEN-l] Social ideas (was Hi there)

2009-06-18 Thread stevertigo
Stevertigo wrote: But do I understand correctly, Emily, that by social aspects you mean more what we might call community, or collective, or perhaps synergetic aspects? Emily Monroe bluecalioc...@me.com wrote: Yes, that's what I mean! I'll be interested to see where this discussion goes.