Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread emijrp
Oh, that discussion again. Try harder, German style http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_%E2%80%93_Die_freie_Enzyklop%C3%A4die_1269203954464.png http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Diskussion:Hauptseite/alt3diff=prevoldid=72174091 2012/2/7 MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Svip
On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading. The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit uncomfortable with subject at hand, so

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Tim Starling
On 07/02/12 22:13, Svip wrote: On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading. The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Fred Bauder
Some FAs should never be shown on the main page. Nothing in the FA criteria says anything about the subject of the article: such as whether the subject is of broad interest or has educational merit. Such criteria should be considered for choosing articles to show on the main page. The main

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread HaeB
2012/2/7 Svip svi...@gmail.com: On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading. The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that article, unfortunately, I am a bit

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread emijrp
2012/2/7 HaeB haebw...@gmail.com 2012/2/7 Svip svi...@gmail.com: On 7 February 2012 04:49, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Bad_choice_of_featured_article is pretty good reading. The complaints usually sums as 'hey, great work on that

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Mike Christie
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:50 AM, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/2/7 HaeB haebw...@gmail.com Actually, the English Wikipedia's Featured Article Director What is that? has stated himself Why are not that decissions taken under community consensus? that some articles will not

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-07 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:57 PM, M. Williamson node...@gmail.com wrote: So yes, lots of people think what we're doing is wrong, but so what? You can never please anybody. That is why you need to choose a set of principles and stick with them. At least that way, when people don't like what

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Feb 7, 2012 1:50 PM, emijrp emi...@gmail.com wrote: Why are not that decissions taken under community consensus? that some articles will not be featured on the main page (although he prefers to keep that list short and it currently consists only of the article Jenna Jameson):

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread David Gerard
On 7 February 2012 17:03, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: He's been doing it for years and has never screwed up badly enough for the community to take the job away from him. It's as simple as that. The Wikipedia community can be uncharacteristically pragmatic at times! I note

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Fred Bauder
On 7 February 2012 17:03, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: He's been doing it for years and has never screwed up badly enough for the community to take the job away from him. It's as simple as that. The Wikipedia community can be uncharacteristically pragmatic at times! I note

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread K. Peachey
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: Casting aside the infantile slogan, Wikipedia is not censored, I think having the pilot of South Park on the Main Page is quite appropriate; the subject is significant. Fred Really, It's not that much different than

Re: [Foundation-l] Cartman Gets an Anal Probe English Wikipedia's featured article today

2012-02-07 Thread Tim Starling
On 08/02/12 09:09, K. Peachey wrote: On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: Casting aside the infantile slogan, Wikipedia is not censored, I think having the pilot of South Park on the Main Page is quite appropriate; the subject is significant. Fred

[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 8, Issue 06 -- 06 February 2012

2012-02-07 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-02-06/News_and_notes In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned

[Foundation-l] Call for votes! Steward elections 2012

2012-02-07 Thread Tanvir Rahman
Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce the beginning of the voting of steward elections 2012 [1]. Eligible voters are now encouraged to give their valuable votes to elect new stewards this year. To find out more about voter eligibility, please take a look on our guidelines page. [2] Vote page

[Foundation-l] Eli Manning is a sporting MVP, and TMZ.com is stealing Wikipedia content

2012-02-07 Thread Keegan Peterzell
In the news on the English Wikipedia, Eli Manning was named most valuable player for Super Bowl XLVI. TMZ.com, a top 500 website and one of the most popular gossip websites in the world[1], is using English Wikipedia content without license or attribution for almost all of its immense biography