(on the basis that its narrow scope
greatly limits its value), the disruption to 100 articles is
unjustified.
And even if the community agrees that the data *will* be useful, it
might disagree that the end justifies the means.
Gwern doesn't care.
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-backed experiment?
An experiment whose validity and appropriateness have been affirmed by
the community.
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is
sensible and should be implemented (either with or without
modification).
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long-term benefits that someone believes will arise from it.
And again, we're quibbling over terminology. You may have interpreted
my use of the word vandalism as an accusation of a bad-faith motive
on Gwern's part, but I've explained that it isn't one.
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to counter it.
The onus is on Gwern to establish that a special exception should be
made.
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to counter it. The onus is on Gwern to establish that a special
exception should be made.
Assume good faith.
At no point have I accused Gwern of acting in bad faith. I merely
believe that he/she has behaved inappropriately.
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ignoring questions about the
acknowledged vandalism), I agree that the account and associated IP
addresses should be blocked until such time as a promise to cease the
disruption and evidence that the damage has been repaired are
forthcoming.
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vandalism, and you now appear
to be boasting of the accomplishment and mocking the community's
response. Why shouldn't you be blocked to prevent further disruption?
(To be clear, this isn't a rhetorical question.)
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.)
Again, imagine if hundreds or thousands of users took it upon
themselves to conduct such experiments without consulting the
community or the WMF and confirming their methodologies' soundness.
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to take it upon themselves to
conduct such experiments without consultation or approval? That's
the hypothetical scenario to which I referred.
[rolls eyes]
That's unconstructive.
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when you are as world-renowned as I am.
I meant that there would be nothing to stop multiple editors, whose
methodologies are unknown and unproven, from *unknowingly* duplicating
each other's efforts.
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[crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup
Can someone please change zip code to ZIP code again? (This error
was corrected in the blackout notice yesterday.) I haven't managed to
get anyone's attention via the IRC channels. Thanks!
David
[crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l]
Can someone please correct the following errors in the English
Wikipedia's blackout notice?
internet - Internet
zip code - ZIP code
Thanks!
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Ken Arromdee wrote:
Anyone searching for [kerry swift boat] is specifically searching for the
controversy, not just searching for Kerry.
Kerry has common meanings unrelated to John Kerry on any level (and
no common meanings along the lines of the sexual connotation
arbitrarily assigned to
Carcharoth wrote:
The trouble is, the article is overwritten.
To be clear, I'm not endorsing any particular prose (or the absence
thereof). I'm addressing Ken Arromdee's assertion that it's
impossible to present a balanced article on this subject.
television episodes. Can you give an
example of that in a traditional encyclopedia?
As implicitly acknowledged in your question, Wikipedia isn't a
traditional encyclopedia.
And if the concept is the word, shouldn't the title of the article be
[[the word meh]]?
Why?
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(word).
Otherwise, titular disambiguation (the main function of which is
navigational, not informational) isn't needed. A subject's basic
nature should be explained in its article's lead.
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, feel
free to propose one.
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in which it's written. So while typically reliable, it
isn't contextually relevant.
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honor requests to include special text (such as a
warning that the article includes material that its subject dislikes).
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argue that Wikipedia articles should contain spoiler warnings for the
benefit of readers (though the English Wikipedia community has reached
consensus to the contrary). This is very different from the idea of
providing special editorial control to representatives of articles'
subjects.
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