Also watched it with interest, I was also shaking my head when she said that
free editing had been a 'mirage' all along. I think the point that this was
just a short trial and was not something that would come quickly was not
emphasised enough, but meh.
But yes, I certainly would not be brave enou
Well done, David, good work! It's a pity you weren't able to emphasise
the "this is better than what we had before" point more, but at least
you managed to mention it. However, it sounded like the plan was to
have all BLPs flag protected, but I don't see that on the description
of the trial. In fac
2009/8/25 Michael Peel :
> I just want to confirm everything that David's saying. In addition,
> after today's volume of phone calls, I need to recover, and really
> lack the energy to go on TV at that time of night. ;-)
Yes. When there's a media feeding frenzy, it's all-hands time! As I
posted
On Tue, August 25, 2009 7:52 pm, Michael Peel wrote:
>> Another thought: this is actually more open than just locking the
>> article. :-)
>
> I've been trying to push precisely that point. People view this as a
> bad thing, but as long as Wikipedia doesn't apply it to everything
> and uses it to re
I just want to confirm everything that David's saying. In addition,
after today's volume of phone calls, I need to recover, and really
lack the energy to go on TV at that time of night. ;-)
Mike
On 25 Aug 2009, at 19:48, David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/8/25 Ian A. Holton :
>
>> Just a quick quest
On 25 Aug 2009, at 19:43, David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/8/25 Michael Peel :
>
>> The latest estimate is 2 weeks time, or probably a bit later. A trial
>> of it on a test wiki started today.
>
>
> And this is the proposal that's being tried:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Wikipedia:Flagged_prot
2009/8/25 Ian A. Holton :
> Just a quick questin: Why are you doing this, David? Not that I think you
> are a bad choice (not at all!), but afaik you were the press contact for the
> "old" Wikimedia UK.
He's doing it because he is very good at it! While David was involved
with the old WMUK, he has
2009/8/25 Ian A. Holton :
> Just a quick questin: Why are you doing this, David? Not that I think you
> are a bad choice (not at all!), but afaik you were the press contact for the
> "old" Wikimedia UK.
Basically because they called my number, after Mike Peel put them onto
me. So I supply backup
2009/8/25 David Gerard :
> This is telly and Very Important. I'll have my suit and tie ...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsnight
>
> Perhaps I'll get Paxmanned!
>
> I NEED INFORMATION.
>
> * When's Flagged Revs being switched on?
> * Where's the latest version of *precisely what's happening*?
2009/8/25 Michael Peel :
> The latest estimate is 2 weeks time, or probably a bit later. A trial
> of it on a test wiki started today.
And this is the proposal that's being tried:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Flagged_protection_and_patrolled_revisions
So, two months of it live to see
Just a quick questin: Why are you doing this, David? Not that I think you
are a bad choice (not at all!), but afaik you were the press contact for the
"old" Wikimedia UK.
Maybe it is time to tell the press and get some people from the current
board some airtime, i.e free publicity and establishing
The latest estimate is 2 weeks time, or probably a bit later. A trial
of it on a test wiki started today.
For "etc", skim through the press articles:
http://news.google.co.uk/news/more?
pz=1&ned=uk&cf=all&ncl=d6UGVLeRTwDpYhM4J3t9zU3iTWx6M
Mike
On 25 Aug 2009, at 19:31, David Gerard wrote:
>
This is telly and Very Important. I'll have my suit and tie ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsnight
Perhaps I'll get Paxmanned!
I NEED INFORMATION.
* When's Flagged Revs being switched on?
* Where's the latest version of *precisely what's happening*?
* etc?
I can arse it through for Radio 5
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