Re: [WikiEN-l] (no subject) This is SPAM

2011-10-11 Thread Alan Liefting
SPAM Compromised email account On 11/10/2011 6:41 p.m., Geoffrey Plourde wrote: http://94.76.215.106/~chevrole/catalog/site.php?html143 ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] (no subject) This is SPAM

2011-10-11 Thread Ev. Jorgen.
Likely. Spammed other mailing lists as well. On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Alan Liefting alieft...@ihug.co.nzwrote: SPAM Compromised email account On 11/10/2011 6:41 p.m., Geoffrey Plourde wrote: http://94.76.215.106/~chevrole/catalog/site.php?html143

[WikiEN-l] So ...

2011-10-11 Thread David Gerard
... written anything good on the encyclopedia lately? - 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

Re: [WikiEN-l] So ...

2011-10-11 Thread Phil Nash
David Gerard wrote: ... written anything good on the encyclopedia lately? - d. I assume you're addressing this to those still able to do so. I, for my part, am beavering away on Commons trying to sort out the mess that is [[Category:Rivers of England]]. Category maintenance seems to be

Re: [WikiEN-l] So ...

2011-10-11 Thread Fred Bauder
... written anything good on the encyclopedia lately? - d. Well, yes, I discovered the answer to the mystery of why Mao adopted Stalinism and put it into History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976) A lot of people have wondered where he got those ideas. Turns out they came from

Re: [WikiEN-l] So ...

2011-10-11 Thread Rob Schnautz
If you're into mythology/cryptozoology, I did some translation from Old Norse and Old Icelandic this summer to put together what is probably the most complete syntheses (in any language) of [[Hafgufa]] and [[Lyngbakr]], two legendary sea monsters. Bob On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Fred

[WikiEN-l] Readers clicking through to talk pages

2011-10-11 Thread Gwern Branwen
Pondering the utility of talk page edits recently, I've begun to wonder: how many of our readers actually look at the talk page as well? I know some writers writing articles on Wikipedia have mentioned or rhapsodized at length on the interest of the talk pages for articles, but they are rare birds

[WikiEN-l] Call for Volunteers: If you can read a diff, you're exactly who we need.

2011-10-11 Thread Steven Walling
Hi everyone, In the Community Dept. we've been collaborating with some Wikipedians to continue one of the research projects from the summer, namely involving the randomized testing of talk page templates to try and improve them. (If you watch WP:VPT, then you might've seen our announcements.)

Re: [WikiEN-l] So ...

2011-10-11 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:41 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: ... written anything good on the encyclopedia lately? - d. Mostly cogent notices on talk pages, hoping that years from now somebody with more in-subject expertice will address those concerns. Eventualism isn't fun but it

Re: [WikiEN-l] Call for Volunteers: If you can read a diff, you're exactly who we need.

2011-10-11 Thread Jim Redmond
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 16:15, Steven Walling swall...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Hi everyone, In the Community Dept. we've been collaborating with some Wikipedians to continue one of the research projects from the summer, namely involving the randomized testing of talk page templates to try and

Re: [WikiEN-l] Readers clicking through to talk pages

2011-10-11 Thread Carcharoth
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com wrote: Pondering the utility of talk page edits recently, I've begun to wonder: how many of our readers actually look at the talk page as well? I know some writers writing articles on Wikipedia have mentioned or rhapsodized at