[Wikimedia-l] Progress Report 2017-18

2018-01-31 Thread Ananth Subray
Dear All, Please find here [1] a link to our draft Progress Report. This report will be further reviewed for language, metrics, and other visualisation before submission. We would like to thank you for the support during the drafting of this report. Do let us know if there is anything else, [1]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Todd Allen
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: > > Hoi, > > > > Sorry Fred, I do not like your post. The quote has it wrong because > > research shows that it is factually wrong. Wikipedia has a better > > coverage > > at a superior quality to the encyclopaedia that went before. The only > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
> On 26 July 2013 12:48, Fred Bauder wrote: > >> "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much >> lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to >> Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people >> experimenting with the new tools, rathe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread geni
On 26 July 2013 12:48, Fred Bauder wrote: > "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much > lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to > Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people > experimenting with the new tools, rather than

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread David Cuenca
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: > If systemic biased editing is not considered your statement would be > true. However, one of the side effects of our volunteeristic methods is > that systemic bias resulting from editing by groups and interests with > numberless agendas is ine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread David Gerard
On 26 July 2013 13:33, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much >> lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to >> Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
> Hoi, > > Sorry Fred, I do not like your post. The quote has it wrong because > research shows that it is factually wrong. Wikipedia has a better > coverage > at a superior quality to the encyclopaedia that went before. The only > thing > I can agree with is that it is available at a much lower co

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Sorry Fred, I do not like your post. The quote has it wrong because research shows that it is factually wrong. Wikipedia has a better coverage at a superior quality to the encyclopaedia that went before. The only thing I can agree with is that it is available at a much lower cost; it is the c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Fred Bauder > wrote: > >> "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much >> lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to >> Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people >> experimenting with the new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > "As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much > lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to > Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people > experimenting with the new tools, ra

[Wikimedia-l] Progress...

2013-07-26 Thread Fred Bauder
"As with other inventions that produced an inferior product at a much lower price, from the printing press to the steam-driven loom to Wikipedia, what happens now is largely in the hands of the people experimenting with the new tools, rather than defending themselves from them." http://chronicle.c