Thank you for your kind words, SJ. I will tell Ms. Kimura when I will see her (only in my imagination, the name is a mixture from a German friend of mine who has a Japanese mother, Marko Naoki Something, and a Japanese friend of mine who has a German mother, Mr. Kimura).
Thanks to Naoko Komura who permitted to distribute a fake interview that could erroneously be attributed to her. Kind regards Ziko who is culture-imperialistic, spamming garbage, confusing the newbies, making jokes about real dangers, making jokes about disabled people, and unwitty (see how some Wikipedians react to a April fools day joke...) 2009/4/1 Samuel Klein <[email protected]> > Thank you Ziko. I always enjoy the unfiltered news exacerbated by the > Kurier... you should broadcast your work more than once a year. And > Ms. Kimura is clearly a crack dictator, she should be miked up > regularly. SJ > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Ziko van Dijk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > A couple of days ago I have contacted our project manager in San > Francisco > > who is dealing with the improvement of the usability of Wikipedia. I have > > done this interview for [[de:Wikipedia:Kurier]] and translated it to > German, > > but originally it is in English and so I thought that I can also send it > to > > this list. > > Kind regards > > Ziko > > > > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kurier > > > > *Kimura: Wikipedia Usability by Better „Ranking“* > > > > > > *Wikipedia is difficult to edit, many people say, and Wikimedia > Foundation > > encountered the problem by installing Naoki Kimura as a project manager. > Her > > team will make proposals to improve Wikipedia Usability. In an interview > > with Ziko van Dijk she unravels test results and the next step.* > > > > ZvD: Dear Naoki Kimura, previously you told us that you would run some > tests > > about the problems of our new users. > > > > NK: Yes, first results confirmed that new Wikipedia users find it very > > difficult to link to the already existing community, to fit in and to > learn > > the rules. Most difficult this is because the rules change and there is > no > > clear authority. You don't know whom to direct to. > > > > ZvD: That is exactly the Wiki principle which made Wikipedia big. > > > > NK: But is it suitable to keep Wikipedia running? We lose a lot of people > or > > scare them away even before they join, the statistics show us. Wikipedia > can > > only go on by making the collaboration better. > > > > ZvD: So if I am a new user, what will change? > > > > NK: In fact, as a new user you already have only limited rights compared > to > > more experienced users. You cannot vote, you cannot sight versions in > > Wikipedias with flagged revisions, and so on. This must become more > > systematic. So as a new user you will start as a „rookie user“, and after > > six months, after trainings and tests, you might become an „advanced > user“ > > and later a „user major“. A bigger step will be to become an „editor > > adjunct“ etc. In the end, you can become a „senior editor general“. > > > > ZvD: I see. And what about non editors? > > > > NK: You mean developers and admins? It will be the same or similar. > > > > ZvD: And the "commander-in-chief" of the three service branches will be > > Jimmy Wales? > > > > NK: Yes of course, that will not change at all. > > > > ZvD: So the word "edit war“ will get a totally new meaning? > > > > NK: No, there will be no edit wars at all! There will be no quarrels, no > > uncertainties, no cybermobbing. We will even be able abolish the talk > pages. > > > > ZvD: Because everyone knows who is senior and has what rights. > > > > NK: Exactly. > > > > ZvD: But will Wikipedians accept such a system? > > > > NK: That is funny, you know. I worried about that until I presented the > idea > > to the staff members in San Francisco. They told me that they are all > Star > > Trek fans and when they were children at play, they called each other > > "captain“ or "midshipman“ or "commander“. > > > > ZvD: Naoki, I wish you all the best for implementation (it will certainly > > not be easy) and thank you for this interview. > > > > NK: Dismissed. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Ziko van Dijk > > NL-Silvolde > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
