http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/wikipedia-foundation-plans-expansion/
The foundation that runs the Wikipedia Web site plans to add 44 employees in
the next year — roughly doubling the size of its current professional staff —
and to raise $20 million to support a much-enhanced vision
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:51 AM, Ian Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm pretty sure that the main solution to this is to make the wiki
experience better, not trying to specifically treat people that are
getting frustrated's experience better.
I agree. It works both ways. New editors,
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com wrote:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/wikipedia-foundation-plans-expansion/
The foundation that runs the Wikipedia Web site plans to add 44 employees in
the next year — roughly doubling the size of its current
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote:
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:48 AM, George Herbert
george.herb...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
I have had to walk away from recent changes repeatedly.
Picking up on the walking away bit.
There are, of course, those
The expectations upon admins are the pivot point for that. See [[
User:FT2/RfA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FT2/RfA]].
Any ideas how we can get somewhere like that?
FT2
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Ryan Delaney ryan.dela...@gmail.comwrote:
So to speak more generally, what I'm
On 14 July 2010 02:07, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote:
The expectations upon admins are the pivot point for that. See [[
User:FT2/RfA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FT2/RfA]].
Any ideas how we can get somewhere like that?
FT2
Well to start with you could chuck your requirements out of the
Frankly, I see that as unwarranted pessimism. The sets of people who
want to change things and people who want to cause trouble are not
identical, though there is a substantial intersection. Admins who have
the lack of judgement to try to force their desired change into policy
by using their
On 14 July 2010 02:07, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote:
The expectations upon admins are the pivot point for that. See [[
User:FT2/RfA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FT2/RfA]].
Any ideas how we can get somewhere like that?
FT2
Well to start with you could chuck your requirements out of
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
On 14 July 2010 02:07, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote:
The expectations upon admins are the pivot point for that. See [[
User:FT2/RfA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FT2/RfA]].
Any ideas how we can get somewhere like
