We should rename this project "Newpedia" or something. Hmm... maybe a little jazzier....
How about "Nupedia"? On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > <<From: White Cat <[email protected]> > I am sorry I still do not get it. > 1) Is your proposal going to completely hide "unfinished" articles from > the > public? If so who will be able to see them? Admins? Users?>> > > To hide those articles which are unfinished, or which the community has > decided are unfinished. So the AfD process becomes simply the "Hide It > process" much less contentious. > > <<2) How would you decide which article is ready for public consumption > or not? A process like "requests for publishing"?>> > > Everything gets published as normal, until someone flags it and then > you would have a process just like AfD, except the end result would > simply be to hide it, not delete it. > > <<3) Isn't your proposal hiding all stubs as well as some other > articles? > After all no stub by very definition is ready for "public > consumption".>> > > No. It has nothing to do with stubs or non-stubs. Stubs are published > today, and they would be published tomorrow. The only thing this does > is provide a way for AfD to turn into something with less conflict. > > <<4) I am not "ready to accept" anything I am forced to accept. Your > tone > implies I have no other choice to either accept your proposal or mass > deletions. Mass deletion itself has no consensus behind it and is > disruptive.>> > > You always have a choice. When you are going 60 mph toward a lake and > need to turn either left or right, you have to decide fairly quickly to > avoid a more perilous result. > > > <<5) You seem to have a workable idea but perhaps need to organize > thoughts a bit.>> > > Thank you. A sentiment reflected by countless others before you. > > Will Johnson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
