Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > Why care about what foundation-l does or doesn't do ? > It's a silly place full of silly people :) I did not know that. -Stevertigo ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list,

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

"Barack Obama is the head of household {{fact}}" Michelle has that look in her eye. Behind closed doors, do we really know? In a message dated 7/25/2009 7:16:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, foxyloxy.wikime...@gmail.com writes: Barack Obama is the head of the household and President of t

Re: [WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

Why care about what foundation-l does or doesn't do ? It's a silly place full of silly people :) In a message dated 7/25/2009 8:40:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, stv...@gmail.com writes: I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has been given. It is my understandi

Re: [WikiEN-l] Encyclopedia.com

Well... They didn't have articles on the first two things I checked, and for the third thing they use one of our pictures. ;-) http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/electron.aspx --Falcorian ___ WikiEN-l maili

[WikiEN-l] Blocking / moderation

I have been blocked from posting to foundation-l. No explanation has been given. It is my understanding that when individuals are blocked from an open list, the list moderator must give some kind of explanation. In an open discussion forum, it is appropriate to give this notification openly. As fa

[WikiEN-l] The Nature of "Facts"

> > The other day I ran across what is perhaps for me, one of the most bizarre > situations with references I've yet to encounter. > > Webster's has produced a book.? I found it in some random Google books > searches I was doing on a subject.? It states certain facts and a few of them > I knew t

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, David Gerard wrote: > My point is that despite media publicity about "deletionists" and > people on the fringes of Wikipedia getting annoyed at not being > considered article-worthy ... we still include a wider range of stuff > than (I think) any general encyclopedia ever befor

Re: [WikiEN-l] Comparing Wikipedia to other wikis

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Carcharoth wrote: > What were *you* searching for that meant you failed to find it? > > To be fair, using the word "comparing" instead of "comparison" in the > search terms, means you fail to find it using Wikipedia's

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

2009/7/25 The Cunctator : > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:21 AM, David Gerard wrote: >> Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29 > Seriously?? Are you arguing this kind of article shouldn't be in Wikipedia? > Sheesh. No, it just pushed my personal "wtf" button, not something I'd act

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

Seriously?? Are you arguing this kind of article shouldn't be in Wikipedia? Sheesh. On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:21 AM, David Gerard wrote: > Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29 > > > - d. > > ___ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lis

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

fl wrote: > On Saturday, 25 July 2009 8:21 pm, David Gerard wrote: > > Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29 > > The current introduction raised my eyebrows. > "Bo Obama (born October 9, 2008) is the Obama family dog. Barack Obama > is the head of the household and President of

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

On Saturday, 25 July 2009 8:21 pm, David Gerard wrote: > Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29 The current introduction raised my eyebrows. "Bo Obama (born October 9, 2008) is the Obama family dog. Barack Obama is the head of the household and President of the United States. a

Re: [WikiEN-l] Copyright question

Some more blogs (including the one I mentioned in the last post): http://lawclanger.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-not-often-that-copyright-cases-get.html http://www.technollama.co.uk/national-portrait-gallery-copyright-row http://www.francisdavey.co.uk/2009/07/national-portrait-gallery-photographs.ht

Re: [WikiEN-l] Copyright question

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Carcharoth wrote: Some more blogs on this raised some interesting points. First I'll quote what I said earlier, and then comment after it. > Take a moment to think about what is involved in cataloguing and > digitising a collection like that. I know the US publi

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

2009/7/25 David Gerard : > Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29 > > > - d. US Presidential pets are well established as being notable. Downing Street cats are probably notable although only the most recent two have articles and the original Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office doe

Re: [WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 1:21 PM, David Gerard wrote: > Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29 :-) I don't think anyone could !vote delete for such a cute little dog! Carcharoth ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [WikiEN-l] a site that falls on its face when tested

WereSpielChequers wrote: > I'd say it is a "site that falls on its face when tested". I ran several > searches in it for minor articles in Wikipedia, in some cases the ads that > came up were relevant but there was no relevant information. Then I tried > their Easter Island article, which in my vie

[WikiEN-l] a site that falls on its face when tested

I'd say it is a "site that falls on its face when tested". I ran several searches in it for minor articles in Wikipedia, in some cases the ads that came up were relevant but there was no relevant information. Then I tried their Easter Island article, which in my view gives more info than we do on s

[WikiEN-l] If anyone ever says Wikipedia is too deletionist

Point them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_%28dog%29 - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l