The Phoenix will surely rise again. How soon? Time will tell. - White_Cat
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:29 PM, The Cunctator <[email protected]> wrote: > No, just profoundly sad that Wikipedia is in what seems to be an inexorable > decline. But idea-based projects generally have about seven years of > innovation before they lose steam (see SRI, Xerox PARC, GNU, Apple). > Perhaps > Wikipedia will enjoy a rebirth, but I expect its natural successor to > emerge > under a different umbrella. Fortunately, the important thing for posterity > is that Wikipedia's core assets are under a free license. > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:07 AM, White Cat > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > You high or something? > > - White Cat > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM, The Cunctator <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Long live deletionism! > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke <[email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > 2009/1/13 Carcharoth <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone any idea where I could find the original AfD? It seems to > > have > > > > > > disappeared: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_(online_game)&oldid=263769784 > < > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784 > > > > > < > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The edit summary just says "oops". > > > > > > > > > > The deletion log helps in cases like this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_(online_game) > < > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29 > > > > > < > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "OTRS Courtesy blank" > > > > > > > > > > What probably happened is that someone who was unhappy with some of > > > > > the things said in the heat of the moment e-mailed the Wikipedia > OTRS > > > > > service and asked for a courtesy deletion. > > > > > > > > > > > > The entire discussion needed to be deleted, apparently. The page now > > > reads > > > > "The result was *delete*." with the rest of the deletion summary in > > html > > > > comment. > > > > > > > > I'm officially weirded out. :) > > > > > > > > Michel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
