On 11/12/2010 17:21, Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:17:36 -0500, Anthony wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:15 PM, David Gerard wrote:
Ensure that (administrators|wardens|whatever we decide to call them) feel
>
The challenge facing us in 2006 was improving what was in those days
sometimes rather dire but promising content at the same time as we
held the basic shape of the thing together. We had seen a population
explosion in which our registered userbase had suddenly doubled.
It was during that turbulen
Oops! "arbitrators have led" should of course read "administrators have led."
Sadly this hasn't been a cost-free change, though I think it was
unavoidable. Adminship was originally seen as a mop-and-bucket
function, but that idea has collapsed in the face of the actual
requirement to have neutral
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/britannica-to-give-wikipediarun-for-its-money/417969/
Bundling access with a broadband subscription. Does Britannica still
take user contributions?
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Trends to watch for the future.
The arbitration committee will continue to benefit from diversity of
membership. It's always been a strength though it has not often been
recognised; it's so easy to depict it as monolithic because its
deliberations are closed. The trend is accelerating.
Automation
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:49:28 +, Charles Matthews wrote:
> Two or three years ago I was much more in the thick of things, and I
> remember telling a rather bemused American at dinner at the Alexandria
> Wikimania about the four political parties on enWP.
Do you have an online description of
On 12 December 2010 19:19, Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:49:28 +, Charles Matthews wrote:
>> Two or three years ago I was much more in the thick of things, and I
>> remember telling a rather bemused American at dinner at the Alexandria
>> Wikimania about the four political
On 12/12/2010 19:19, Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:49:28 +, Charles Matthews wrote:
>
>> Two or three years ago I was much more in the thick of things, and I
>> remember telling a rather bemused American at dinner at the Alexandria
>> Wikimania about the four political partie
On 12/12/2010 19:49, David Gerard wrote:
> On 12 December 2010 19:19, Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:49:28 +, Charles Matthews wrote:
>>> Two or three years ago I was much more in the thick of things, and I
>>> remember telling a rather bemused American at dinner at the Alex
According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name
and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you
can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay
them.
Plus they have decided to concentrate on the broadband market and
ignore the mobile
The Indian market is huge, values education highly and has widespread
English and good internet availability.
Still I'm a bit surprised they've decided to pioneer this bundling
concept there rather than, say, North America. It isn't as if
Wikipedia didn't already have a prominent and *multilingual
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Charles Matthews
wrote:
> ..
> Believe me, there is life after ArbCom, though in my case some of it has
> been lived on Wikisource. I do recall asking you about the WMUK list,
> and you said no time. That should change.
With any luck, Carcharoth will retire to Wiki
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