Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia trumps Britannica

2010-05-05 Thread Alan Liefting
Implementing flagged revisions to get rid of the vandalism would make it an even better resouce! Alan Liefting Keith Old wrote: Folks, According to John Graham-Cumming, Wikipedia is a better resource for researchers than Britannica. ___

[WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

2010-05-05 Thread Rob Lanphier
Hi folks, As of today, I'm working as a contractor at Wikimedia Foundation, helping out with several things, one of which being the Flagged Revs rollout. One thing I'm going to be helping William and the crew out with is working out some of the unanswered questions in the description of the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

2010-05-05 Thread AGK
As of today, I'm working as a contractor at Wikimedia Foundation, helping out with several things, one of which being the Flagged Revs rollout. Welcome Rob. Everybody is eager to get FlaggedRevs finished and installed, so the speedier the work gets completed the better. AGK

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

2010-05-05 Thread David Gerard
On 5 May 2010 13:31, AGK wiki...@googlemail.com wrote: As of today, I'm working as a contractor at Wikimedia Foundation, helping out with several things, one of which being the Flagged Revs rollout. Welcome Rob. Everybody is eager to get FlaggedRevs finished and installed, so the speedier the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

2010-05-05 Thread AGK
Not that deafening whinging when it goes live is not 100% guaranteed no matter how much work is done first ;-p Course. That's all but a given with our community, isn't it? :) AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

2010-05-05 Thread David Gerard
On 5 May 2010 14:45, AGK wiki...@googlemail.com wrote: Not that deafening whinging when it goes live is not 100% guaranteed no matter how much work is done first ;-p Course. That's all but a given with our community, isn't it? :) It's probably a feature. If not, we need to work out how to

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

2010-05-05 Thread AGK
It's probably a feature. If not, we need to work out how to make it into one. Special:Complain? Extension:Whine? ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Helping out with Flagged Revs

2010-05-05 Thread AGK
(Oh god, MediaWiki humour. I'm at a new low.) AGK ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

2010-05-05 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Given that this was published two hours ago and, not published on Foundation-l, I forward it. It is rather intriguing. I am interested to learn what the community thinks of this and, if this is another en.wp only project. Thanks, GerardM -- Forwarded message -- From:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

2010-05-05 Thread Carcharoth
It would help if someone explained what public policy articles are. I've never heard of the term before, except vaguely in relation to politics and local and national government and lobbying in the area of governmental policy and legislation, but maybe I should have a look at the Wikipedia article

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

2010-05-05 Thread AGK
I archived the original post without reply because the message being forwarded was so full of indefinite terms that I wasn't sure exactly what was being said. I do hope that the WMF is not growing fond of waffly terminology. Keep it simple, and all that. AGK

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

2010-05-05 Thread Liam Wyatt
Yes, it is both a US centric and English Wikipedia Centric project. Have a look at the FAQ which universities will be involvedhttp://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Initiative_FAQ#Which_universities_will_be_involved.3F section. Not really the WMF's fault given that the money is coming

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Public Policy Initiative

2010-05-05 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: lobbying groups. A look through the articles in this category (if accurately placed there) may help UK readers of this mailing list to see what public policy means: