[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia has 97 per cent of online encyclopedia market

2009-01-26 Thread Keith Old
G'day folks, E-consultancy claims that Wikipedia dominates the online encyclopedia market. http://econsultancy.com/blog/3185-wikipedia-has-97-of-the-encyclopedia-market-online *Online collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia has a massive 97% share of internet visits among the top five reference

Re: [WikiEN-l] I can't live with [[WP:TPG]].

2009-01-26 Thread Al Tally
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:21 AM, brewhaha%40edmc.net brewh...@edmc.netwrote: This is about the second time that someone slapped me with a rule in Talk Page Guidelines. The one about revising your own comments can reduce revision rates to a snail's pace while you discuss them in e-mail. Please

Re: [WikiEN-l] I can't live with [[WP:TPG]].

2009-01-26 Thread Elias Friedman
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:21 AM, brewhaha%40edmc.net brewh...@edmc.netwrote: This is about the second time that someone slapped me with a rule in Talk Page Guidelines. The one about revising your own comments can reduce revision rates to a snail's pace while you discuss them in e-mail. Please

Re: [WikiEN-l] Flagged Revisions trial proposal and vote

2009-01-26 Thread The Cunctator
Funny how it supposedly closes tomorrow but it's already done and archived. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:44 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Proposed trial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Flagged_revisions/Trial The voting page:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Flagged Revisions trial proposal and vote

2009-01-26 Thread Wilhelm Schnotz
Probably because of jimbo's comment On 1/26/09, The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: Funny how it supposedly closes tomorrow but it's already done and archived. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:44 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Proposed trial:

[WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread William King
The BBC has an article on the Flagged Revisions controversy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm William King (Willking1979) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread David Gerard
2009/1/26 William King williamcarlk...@gmail.com: The BBC has an article on the Flagged Revisions controversy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm Apparently they called Michael Peel of WMUK but didn't use the comment ... - d. ___

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Carcharoth
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Philip Sandifer snowspin...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:16 AM, William King wrote: The BBC has an article on the Flagged Revisions controversy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm I'm sure there's context for the photo, but I

Re: [WikiEN-l] I can't live with [[WP:TPG]].

2009-01-26 Thread brewhaha%40edmc.net
In [[WP:REDACT]], a section in the talk space guidelines, the rules say you must discuss changes to your own words with strikeout text. I found it very awkward, especially since I hav been ignoring it, and replacing whole conversations with a one line note, for most of my time here. I was going

Re: [WikiEN-l] I can't live with [[WP:TPG]].

2009-01-26 Thread Al Tally
Readers of this list might be interested in this editor's contributions ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Brewhaha%40edmc.net ) Seems they have been blocked indef for disruption and soapboxing on the wiki. Much like on this list. -- Alex (User:Majorly)

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Larsen
Hi, I think it is a Chinese top. Yes, I think you're right. —Thomas Larsen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Philip Sandifer
On Jan 26, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Carcharoth wrote: On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Philip Sandifer snowspin...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:16 AM, William King wrote: The BBC has an article on the Flagged Revisions controversy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/1/27 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/1/27 Philip Sandifer snowspin...@gmail.com: As I said, I'm sure there is context - I would assume it was from the Taipei Wikimania, etc. And that it is cropped so that it looks more feminine than it probably actually did. Still, the BBC picked a

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Carcharoth
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:45 AM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/27 Philip Sandifer snowspin...@gmail.com: As I said, I'm sure there is context - I would assume it was from the Taipei Wikimania, etc. And that it is cropped so that it looks more feminine than it probably actually

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Scientia Potentia est
Probably too lazy to deal with all the GFDL stuff we keep hounding them about. :) bibliomaniac15 --- On Mon, 1/26/09, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: From: Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions To: English Wikipedia

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread brewhaha%40edmc.net
E-mailing revisions to an author concerned with the article you want to revise would do about the same thing, plus, rather than having a few volunteers for the process and the resulting Jerman experience with a backlog and weeks of delay, that author might hav time to offer feedback, including

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Alvaro García
WHY ON EARTH is Jimbo wearing a Japanese dress? -- Alvaro On 26-01-2009, at 20:53, Philip Sandifer snowspin...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:16 AM, William King wrote: The BBC has an article on the Flagged Revisions controversy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Gwern Branwen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:35 PM, brewhaha%40edmc.net wrote: E-mailing revisions to an author concerned with the article you want to revise would do about the same thing, plus, rather than having a few volunteers for the process and the resulting

Re: [WikiEN-l] BBC article on Flagged Revisions

2009-01-26 Thread Gwern Branwen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Alvaro García wrote: WHY ON EARTH is Jimbo wearing a Japanese dress? Excuse me. Jimbo wearing a 'Japanese dress' would look more like this:

Re: [WikiEN-l] I can't live with [[WP:TPG]].

2009-01-26 Thread Daniel R. Tobias
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:54:59 -0500, Elias Friedman wrote: It's usually considered bad form to change your talk page comments, especially if someone has already responded to them. This is because such editing can change the tone and meaning of the other editor's comments. The usual course of