Apropos of recent discussions.
- d. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> Date: 25 August 2010 17:19 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Page eliminators at ptwiki To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <[email protected]> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:51:42 +0200, "GoEthe.wiki" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > At ptwiki, we recently implemented a usergroup to help with the backlog of > requests for speedy deletions, articles for deletion, and others (see > http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Eliminadores). This was done to try > to dismistify the admin role, and increase community participation in admin > tasks, trying to counteract the significant decrease in the number of > admins > during the past two year (we currently have less than 40 admins). I invite > you all to accompany this as I believe that the success or failure of this > strategy will have valuable lessons for other projects. A similar group has been active in Russian Wikipedia for about a year (only deletion reviews, no speedy deletions). It has been generally regarded as a success. Cheers Yaroslav _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
