Re: [WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] Trouble in Ireland

2008-11-26 Thread Michael Everson
On 26 Nov 2008, at 16:13, Zoney wrote: My vote is for Ireland to be a disambiguation page. Did you go and vote? As someone from Ireland I am not happy to have the page Ireland concern only the State, as the state is only part of both the island and nation. Yes, that's why we propose

Re: [WikiEN-l] Make your students edit Wikipedia for extra credit

2008-11-26 Thread David Gerard
2008/11/26 Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If our response to coordinated student editing is dismissive or punitive, and it often is, then we should not be encouraging educators to assign it to their students. It depends on the quality of the assignment they give. I liked this one because it was

Re: [WikiEN-l] How to sabotage Wikipedia, for SEO spammers

2008-11-26 Thread geni
2008/11/26 David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.bluehatseo.com/how-to-overthrow-a-wikipedia-result/ What an odious person. - d. Standard SEO. The attack line has been talked about for at least a year but so far no dirrect evidence that it works. In theory it should as long as you

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] Trouble in Ireland

2008-11-26 Thread phoebe ayers
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Sam Blacketer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/26/08, Steve Summit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A reader typing in Ireland (or an editor linking [[Ireland]]) is almost certainly thinking about the country, not the geological structure. Most probably, most users

Re: [WikiEN-l] Make your students edit Wikipedia for extra credit

2008-11-26 Thread phoebe ayers
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When professors and lecturers assign editing Wikipedia to a group of students, our reaction is often not favorable. I've recently had a long series of e-mails with lecturers at the University of Scotland and Macquarie University

Re: [WikiEN-l] How to sabotage Wikipedia, for SEO spammers

2008-11-26 Thread Charlotte Webb
On 11/26/08, Gregory Maxwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If WP is #1 or #2 and your spamvertisment is #4 you can increase your income greatly by getting WP delisted even if you can do nothing to improve the position of your site. Yes, especially if WP has an article which describes your goods or

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] Trouble in Ireland

2008-11-26 Thread Ray Saintonge
Steve Summit wrote: David Gerard wrote: What's a one-sentence statement of the compelling reason from each side, stated from a neutral point of view? A reader typing in Ireland (or an editor linking [[Ireland]]) is almost certainly thinking about the country, not the geological