Nothing personal, but when tl;dr is given as a response, it indicates that there is something certainly substantial and probably interesting to be seen and understood--and possibly even used as the basis for action -- as in this case/.
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Nikola Smolenski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 December 2008 21:52:37 George Herbert wrote: >> Level two is more conceptual. Does a person who wants to create a >> page understand all that a "well done" page in Wikipedia should have? >> Can they explain what the idea is, and why it should have a page? Do >> they understand references and think about how to provide some? >> >> To be really useful, a toolset that structures a "create page" button >> response should address some or all of these questions. >> >> Have the output be not just a page, but a series of pages, which >> provide short inputs and do some useful things with them. Perhaps, >> for example: >> >> "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It exists to collect useful general >> information about all topics and make it freely available. But there >> are lots of things which don't belong in encyclopedias. Are you sure >> that the topic / article you want to create is really an encyclopedia >> article? Is it a word definition instead (link to Wictionary), or an >> image of some sort (link to commons), or (fill in some more). If your >> idea for an article is really an encyclopedia entry, click 'Yes' below >> to continue." >> >> "Can you explain what this page / article will be about? What's the >> topic? Where did you learn about it? Please fill in the text box >> below with your idea of what this new article is about. This will be >> posted on the article's talk page to explain the purpose of the >> article." >> >> "Wikipedia relies on outside references to verify information people >> post here. Can you provide the titles of some books or magazine >> articles, website URLs, or other sources which confirm what you are >> saying in the new article, in the text box below?" >> >> "Wikipedia would like to have articles about all important and useful >> topics, but some topics (normal people, most small businesses, etc) >> just aren't important enough. Is your article something which people >> in other states or countries will find interesting and useful? >> Wikipedia has some policies on what we recommend as being notable >> enough for articles (link to policies). If you think this article >> idea is notable enough, please click 'Yes' below to continue." >> >> "Wikipedia likes to have links from article to article. Are there >> other existing articles which you think this new article should >> connect to? List them below if you know of any." >> >> "Wikipedia article start with a short introduction, then more details. >> Can you summarize what this article is about in one to three >> sentences, to start the article's introduction? Think about it and >> then fill in the introduction below if you can. Then click on >> 'Continue'." >> >> "Ok, now let's create the actual article contents.... " (filled in >> template article, with introduction section inserted, and slightly >> textually processed references and see also sections). >> >> And the final step drops the article rationale entry into the talk >> page as well, on article creation. >> >> >> >> Does this process make sense? > > tl;dr as I'm afraid most people would say :( > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
