Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 08 Nov 2009 21:13:09 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com> wrote: > I'm taking the liberty of putting foundation-l on temporary moderation. > Seri 08 Nov 2009 11:30:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182862 I'm taking the liberty of putting foundation-l on temporary moderation. Seriously, guys -- take the "who's a bigger jerk" threads offlist. The regul 08 Nov 2009 04:46:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182828 Dear Foundation-l, There seems that there is a lot of discussion about foundation-l on foundation-l that should be made available to a more meta commu 08 Nov 2009 04:42:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182827 On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:05 AM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny@gmail.com> wrote: > We need, as does every voluntary society, the involvement of many > ord 08 Nov 2009 04:41:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182826 2009/11/8 <WJhonson@aol.com>: > The reason I asked for no personal attacks is because the above, by you, > sounds very much like : "You are the prob 08 Nov 2009 03:09:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182817 This thread should be an illustrative example in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect . - d. ________________________________ 08 Nov 2009 03:06:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182816 In a message dated 11/8/2009 2:06:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, gerard.meijssen@gmail.com writes: > Your notion that you "deserve" at least as much 08 Nov 2009 02:50:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182815 Hoi, This was not meant as an attack. What I intended to do is rebut your arguments. When this is considered as a personal attack, it means that it is 08 Nov 2009 02:40:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182814 In a message dated 11/8/2009 2:06:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, gerard.meijssen@gmail.com writes: > When you learn from your research that we have a 08 Nov 2009 02:13:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182799 Hoi, Please do your research.. but do not expect that people did not look at the numbers before. So the person that most needs to be convinced is you 08 Nov 2009 02:06:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182798 On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:13 AM, <WJhonson@aol.com> wrote: > Is there a way to create a chart showing how many messages each poster has > posted to t 08 Nov 2009 01:09:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182797 I will in the next few days, create a list which shows who, each month, has posted the most messages to the list. Or perhaps the top few. I was su 08 Nov 2009 00:57:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182795 Gerard may post quite a bit, but in general his posts serve a purpose. Many people on this list seem to write just to see their words, that is to say, 08 Nov 2009 00:40:34 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182794 In a message dated 11/8/2009 12:30:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, gerard.meijssen@gmail.com writes: > Now if you think that you need to > pass judgem 08 Nov 2009 00:38:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182793 Hoi, If you want statistics, you do not have to google ... there are our own statistics ... http://www.infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/ScanMail/_PowerPosters 08 Nov 2009 00:29:33 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182792 There is already a statistics page, http://www.infodisiac.com/Wikipedia/ScanMail/Index.html skype: node.ue On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:13 AM, <WJhonson 08 Nov 2009 00:28:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182791 In a message dated 11/8/2009 12:12:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, phoebe.wiki@gmail.com writes: > Many of these emails have a bit > of a hostile tone 08 Nov 2009 00:15:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182790 In a message dated 11/7/2009 11:28:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, gerard.meijssen@gmail.com writes: > Please read it as an appeal to reply to foundat 08 Nov 2009 00:13:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182789 On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM, <WJhonson@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 11/7/2009 9:13:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, > thomas.dalton@gmail.com 08 Nov 2009 00:12:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182788 Hoi, I am at the Commons usability conference in Paris. I am not on any internal mailing lists. It has become painfully obvious that as a consequence 07 Nov 2009 23:27:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182787 In a message dated 11/7/2009 9:13:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, thomas.dalton@gmail.com writes: > And how do you answer them? Based on your experien 07 Nov 2009 22:27:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182786 In a message dated 11/7/2009 8:54:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, william@scissor.com writes: > But as far as I know, they aren't actually imposing an 07 Nov 2009 22:19:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182785 2009/11/8 William Pietri <william@scissor.com>: > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> So people would rather I decided what they are and aren't interested >> in? 07 Nov 2009 21:12:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182784 2009/11/8 William Pietri <william@scissor.com>: > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> Ignoring emails *is* easy. Anyone that says otherwise is wrong. I do >> not 07 Nov 2009 21:08:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182783 Thomas Dalton wrote: > So people would rather I decided what they are and aren't interested > in? Surprising... most people I know like to make their 07 Nov 2009 21:03:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182782 Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/11/7 William Pietri <william@scissor.com>: > >> Well, you perceive the burden as negligible for them. Have you asked >> 07 Nov 2009 20:54:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182781 I regret having been so unclear as to not have made it obvious that the established forms referred to the Wikipedia formal channels of DR, AfD, and t 07 Nov 2009 20:05:33 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182780 In a message dated 11/7/2009 12:44:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, andreengels@gmail.com writes: > No, we don't. We need forces to help the encycloped 07 Nov 2009 18:45:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182779 On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:05 AM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny@gmail.com> wrote: > We > need, thus, the influence of community opinion--expressed opinion, 07 Nov 2009 18:44:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182778 As I interpret what André says, I agree with him: We need, as does every voluntary society, the involvement of many ordinary members in each aspect 07 Nov 2009 18:05:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182774 2009/11/7 Michael Snow <wikipedia@verizon.net>: > This is not a matter of people's opinions being equally valid, it's a > matter of their experiences 07 Nov 2009 13:37:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182764 Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/11/7 William Pietri <william@scissor.com>: > >> Thomas Dalton wrote: >> >>> Yes, I am placing the burden on other 07 Nov 2009 13:05:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182763 2009/11/7 William Pietri <william@scissor.com>: > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> Yes, I am placing the burden on other people and I've explained why: >> The 07 Nov 2009 12:43:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182761 On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:33 PM, <WJhonson@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 11/7/2009 10:56:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, > andreengels@gmail.com w 07 Nov 2009 12:43:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182762 Thomas Dalton wrote: > Yes, I am placing the burden on other people and I've explained why: > The burden is negligible for other people. It is signifi 07 Nov 2009 12:14:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182760 In a message dated 11/7/2009 10:56:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, andreengels@gmail.com writes: > We tried that on nl: (although with 1 week rather t 07 Nov 2009 11:33:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182755 2009/11/7 William Pietri <william@scissor.com>: > Hi, Thomas. > > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> Indeed. My standard advice for people on how to interpret my 07 Nov 2009 11:26:41 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182754 On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM, William Pietri <william@scissor.com> wrote: > That's not to advocate for either side of this, really. If you really > 07 Nov 2009 11:25:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182753 Hi, Thomas. Thomas Dalton wrote: > Indeed. My standard advice for people on how to interpret my > text-based messages is this: If in doubt, I don't m 07 Nov 2009 11:14:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182752 On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:51 AM, <wjhonson@aol.com> wrote: > How about this one.  Every arrest (read block for 24 hours or longer) must be approved 07 Nov 2009 10:55:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182751 Peter Jacobi wrote: >> The problem I see most, is Wikipedia articles becoming stale. No >> corrections to defects, even those already been identified 07 Nov 2009 10:51:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182750 The problem I see most, is Wikipedia articles becoming stale. No corrections to defects, even those already been identified on talk pages and in maint 07 Nov 2009 10:18:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182738 2009/11/7 <wjhonson@aol.com>: > > > Isn't it however Michael true that a plain text message conveys little to no "tone" > I could say the above sente 07 Nov 2009 09:45:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182737 What I'm suggesting is not more bureaucracy. Let me put it this way. Right now we have a system where you are either a worker or a policeman. There i 07 Nov 2009 01:29:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182704 Isn't it however Michael true that a plain text message conveys little to no "tone" I could say the above sentence with anger, with sarcasm, with hope 07 Nov 2009 01:20:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182703 Oct. 16-31: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LSS/foundation-l-archives/2009_October_16-31 and a reminder that these are also posted (for lss2rss) at id 07 Nov 2009 00:10:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182701 Hoi, We do not want more bureacracy, we want to kill of bureacracty and remove the people who are power building for the nuisance that they are... We 06 Nov 2009 22:55:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182700 2009/11/7 Michael Snow <wikipedia@verizon.net>: >> Could you explain why you think ignoring emails doesn't work? It works >> perfectly well for me. > 06 Nov 2009 19:24:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182699 wjhonson@aol.com wrote: > Maybe you could explain a little more clearly, how people are "scared" by reading (or just seeing) ten messages on the same 06 Nov 2009 19:09:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182698 <koff koff> Strategy Wiki <koff> All joking aside, there's a whole task force for community health dealing with exactly these issues. It's at http 06 Nov 2009 17:13:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182694 2009/11/7 effe iets anders <effeietsanders@gmail.com>: > I would agree with that 'solution' if I would agree with the "delete and > ignore" solution, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182693 On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM, <wjhonson@aol.com> wrote: > Mr Dalton put the counter-argument pretty well when it said, it only takes a second to de 06 Nov 2009 17:11:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182692 Maybe you could explain a little more clearly, how people are "scared" by reading (or just seeing) ten messages on the same topic? How does that frig 06 Nov 2009 17:01:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182691 I would agree with that 'solution' if I would agree with the "delete and ignore" solution, which is, imho, not a solution at all. That is a bit the pr 06 Nov 2009 16:31:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182690 How about this one. Every arrest (read block for 24 hours or longer) must be approved by an "Admin Supervisor" (let's just call it for now). That Ad 06 Nov 2009 15:51:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182680 That's right, thats the position of the two sides of this discussion. I don't know if "scare" is the right word however. I think the argument is some 06 Nov 2009 15:42:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182679 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone! I'm sure with the start of the fundraiser coming, you don't need to be reminded, but offic 06 Nov 2009 15:36:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182678 > > What actual specific things would you implement to make the project > friendlier? > Say: 1. Welcome new users (re-launch "kindness campaign" - t 06 Nov 2009 15:02:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182677 without wanting to repeat things I just cant state it much more clearly, so let me quote birgitte, who started this specific thread: "Maybe you would 06 Nov 2009 14:20:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182676 Right Gerard, I agree with you completely. Now how do you actually do it? That's the biggest problem. We can talk about needing to be more friendly. 06 Nov 2009 14:14:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182671 Hoi, It is a sad day when a "report abuse" button is equated with being more friendly. When we want to become more friendly we have to encourage those 06 Nov 2009 13:36:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182670 In a message dated 11/6/2009 6:28:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, effeietsanders@gmail.com writes: > except that this happens in many threads and is a 06 Nov 2009 12:02:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182663 In a message dated 11/6/2009 3:10:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, putevod@mccme.ru writes: > To realize that (almost) all articles about computer game 06 Nov 2009 11:55:30 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182662 except that this happens in many threads and is a general problem coming back allt he time. eia 2009/11/4 <WJhonson@aol.com> > "Dominating it" Phoe 06 Nov 2009 06:27:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182627 > I think is is most excellent write-up of my thoughts. Wikipedia is no > longer > "new and exciting"... Internet's attention span is short & people a 06 Nov 2009 03:32:34 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182609 But Renata how do you mandate a friendlier community? How about, on the sidebar, we have a link for "Report Abuse". Right now don't we sort of leave 05 Nov 2009 14:16:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182559 I think is is most excellent write-up of my thoughts. Wikipedia is no longer "new and exciting"... Internet's attention span is short & people are loo 05 Nov 2009 13:53:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182558 2009/11/5 David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com>: > 2009/11/5 Andrew Gray <andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk>: >> We did astonishingly, staggeringly, unbelievably, 05 Nov 2009 13:46:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182557 2009/11/5 Andrew Gray <andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk>: > We did astonishingly, staggeringly, unbelievably, improbably well with > Wikipedia. Failing to r 05 Nov 2009 13:46:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182556 Robert Rohde wrote: > What resources? With only ~1.5M hits per month, EN Wikinews' share of > the tech / internet services budget probably only comes 05 Nov 2009 13:37:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182555 2009/11/5 Peter Coombe <thewub.wiki@googlemail.com>: > Wikinews has it's problems, and is often overshadowed by it's bigger > brother Wikipedia. But i 05 Nov 2009 12:48:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182554 According to the Wikinews stats page ( http://wmf4.me/3229 ), the English Wikinews received 7.9 million page views in October 2009. Compare that to 5 05 Nov 2009 12:03:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182542 In a message dated 11/5/2009 11:29:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, rarohde@gmail.com writes: > In a $6 million budget, I'd honestly be disappointed if 05 Nov 2009 11:45:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182541 On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde@gmail.com> wrote: >> Just out of curiosity, is a degree in Human Development all about how >> w 05 Nov 2009 11:37:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182540 2009/11/5 <WJhonson@aol.com>: > By failing I mean that it never achieved any sort of siginificant presence. >  When Wikinews was started it was, im 05 Nov 2009 11:31:17 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182539 On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:55 AM, <WJhonson@aol.com> wrote: <snip> > Better to re-focus attention on those projects which are successful, than > have 05 Nov 2009 11:28:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182538 By failing I mean that it never achieved any sort of siginificant presence. When Wikinews was started it was, imho, to shunt news off the main proje 05 Nov 2009 10:55:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182537 On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Bod Notbod <bodnotbod@gmail.com> wrote: <snip> > Just out of curiosity, is a degree in Human Development all about h 05 Nov 2009 10:41:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182536 Welcome Megan! _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists. 05 Nov 2009 10:18:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182526 On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Rand Montoya <rmontoya@wikimedia.org> wrote: > The WMF fundraising team will have a new member starting today: Megan 05 Nov 2009 10:06:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182525 Welcome, Megan! As Anthere says - you've picked an excellent week to join. SJ (who had the best meal of the past year near Cuzco) On Thu, Nov 5, 20 05 Nov 2009 10:02:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182524 Hey All-- The WMF fundraising team will have a new member starting today: Megan Hernandez. Megan recently graduated from UC San Diego with a degree 05 Nov 2009 09:42:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182523 There is a big difference between failing and simply not having succeeded yet. -- â-³ ℱajro â-³ Lernu! - http://www.lernu.net __________________ 05 Nov 2009 07:51:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182517 Wikinews has it's problems, and is often overshadowed by it's bigger brother Wikipedia. But it certainly hasn't failed. There's a respectable amount o 05 Nov 2009 07:31:23 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182516 I feel a rebuttal would be in order here. But... meh. 2009/11/5 Svip <svippy@gmail.com> > 2009/11/5 Anthony <wikimail@inbox.org>: > > On Thu, Nov 5, 05 Nov 2009 07:25:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182515 2009/11/5 Anthony <wikimail@inbox.org>: > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Svip <svippy@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unless you mean the Nobel Prize in Literat 05 Nov 2009 06:58:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182514 The usual solution to this in organizations and in human society more generally is compartmentalization with the concomitant development of formal an 05 Nov 2009 06:55:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182513 On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Svip <svippy@gmail.com> wrote: > Unless you mean the Nobel Prize in Literature, at which point I do not > think Wikipe 05 Nov 2009 06:52:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182512 2009/11/5 Mohamed Magdy <mohamed.m.k@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jiri Hofman <hofmanj@aldebaran.cz> wrote: > >> Congratulation! >> 05 Nov 2009 06:30:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182511 On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Mohamed Magdy <mohamed.m.k@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jiri Hofman <hofmanj@aldebaran.cz> wr 05 Nov 2009 05:41:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182506 On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jiri Hofman <hofmanj@aldebaran.cz> wrote: > Congratulation! > > > http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS17 05 Nov 2009 04:19:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182505 On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde@gmail.com> wrote: [.snipping lots of good stuff, which however would make this message rather 05 Nov 2009 03:27:34 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182504 In my opinion, Wikinews may use for some small community's news. 2009/11/5 Robert Rohde <rarohde@gmail.com> > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM, <wjho 05 Nov 2009 02:42:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182503 Nice work! Hope that can work very well! 2009/11/5 Erik Moeller <erik@wikimedia.org> > 2009/11/4 Robert Rohde <rarohde@gmail.com>: > > I would also 05 Nov 2009 02:33:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182502 Let me try to reformulate it in a different way. The statement is that in Wikimedia we have (i) low signal-to-noise ratio; (ii) noise grows faster th 05 Nov 2009 01:42:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182497 Congratulation! http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS179904+04-Nov-2009+PRN20091104 Best regards, Jiri ________________________________ 05 Nov 2009 00:39:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182494 On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Bod Notbod <bodnotbod@gmail.com> wrote: > Take a look at: > > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Questions_that_need_a 04 Nov 2009 17:50:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182484 Wikimedia draws a disproportionate number of two types of people: those with some antisocial tendencies, and those with an unusual belief in various n 04 Nov 2009 17:25:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182483 Reasonable people in general have a natural tendency to maintain order without the need for police action. We all live in communities where chaos is 04 Nov 2009 16:46:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182482 2009/11/4 Robert Rohde <rarohde@gmail.com>: > I would also hope we remember the biggest lesson of 2008.  The > personal appeal, http://wikimediafounda 04 Nov 2009 16:45:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/182481