Or Nüpedia. That would be great. Á la Nü Jazz, Nü Metal, etc.
-- Alvaro On 14-01-2009, at 11:05, "The Cunctator" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
