On 19 Oct 2010, at 19:06, Mike Dupont wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: >> >> On 19 Oct 2010, at 18:44, Mike Dupont wrote: >> >>>> I don't think we gain anything by providing a platform for Kohs campaign, >>>> as illustrated at >>>> http://www.mywikibiz.com/Top_10_Reasons_Not_to_Donate_to_Wikipedia >>>> against Wikipedia. >>> >>> Wow, this is very well written and interesting! please share more such >>> information. >> >> </sarcasm>, I hope, given the sheer number of inaccuracies and misportrayals >> in that document? > > <serious> > This page about wikipedias faults points to some concrete places to > help improve the quality of wikiepedia. > of course you have to take it all with a grain of salt, > > I am just reviewing the wikia links right now. > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&limit=5000&offset=20000&target=http%3A%2F%2F*.wikia.com > > For example, who added a link to wiki > http://water.wikia.com/wiki/Oil_sands is linked from How to Boil a > Frog ? > It is a link that is not obvious as how to value is added to wikipedia. > > * David Dodge, Dan Woynillowicz & Chris Severson-Baker > [http://water.wikia.com/wiki/Oil_sands], > > That page on wikia has some reference to an article from Woynillowicz > but does not justify the link, doe it?
Those sound like typical problems with external links on Wikipedia, not anything specific to Wikia. It's a shame that there isn't an easy way to only see the links in the article namespace, though, as that might make this list of links somewhat more useful (and a lot smaller)... Mike Peel _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l