Who says people were voting? It was a rather large discussion that settled on a no-consensus, which is how things tend to go when favorableness is spotty towards a solution.
The truth is Jimmy Wales and 'English Wikipedia bigwigs' ultimately have no more say on the issue of stable versions than any other Wikipedian. It has been addressed with flagged revisions, which ultimately did not have enough community support. I guess technically they held true to the promise of the prospect of stable versions (the mediawiki extension for flagged revisions is there), it just never got enough support from users.
The 1 millionth article was Jordanhill Railway Station. Ironically, the 2 millionth article was almost a train station as well, this time just outside of Tokyo.
They should be careful for first grade, though - this is an adult encyclopedia, and we didn't censor it. If you take a look at things like Mozart's article (2nd paragraph), you'll see the kind of thing I mean - important to include in an adult release, but not what I'd want my second grade daughter reading! For young kids, I'd recommend the 2006 SOS Kids release. That has no browser, but every article should be kid-friendly.
Well I think they'd appreciate you help over at Wikipedia's CD Release discussion page. Sounds like you could help out the project - hopefully you are both a mover AND a shaker.
This is a release for Wikipedia 0.5. The next release is Wikipedia 0.7, and if you see something you not in 0.5 that you want in 0.7, cruise on over to the nominations page and let 'em know.
Not only is this a test release of Wikipedia 0.5, but nominating articles for the release isn't a quick process. Get over there and nominate some for 0.7; lets get this baby to fit on a DVD. I share your zeal.
Oh, I see, how are people without a net connection going to SEE this? Well, I think the biggest problem isn't internet costs a lot more in other countries; no everyone has broadband. Dial-ups and cost per minute kills Wikipedia for that kind of environment. I know I guy in a remote African community who wanted me to send him a Wikipedia database dump on a hard drive which he was willing to pay for - downloading it with his current cost per min of internet was WAY more expensive than just buying the HD outright.
They currently do silly. See WikipediaOnDVD. I believe even though the website is WikipediaOnDVD, it is a CD. Keep in mind this is a test release; the idea is when it is too big for a CD for 1.0 releases it will be distributed on DVD, thus the website name.
This wasn't really Tuesday night methinks. My boss who is Deaf and uses a blackberry like the dickens for contacting outside the office said she couldn't send from it all Tuesday day, starting in the morning.
Thats right. You can't possible tell me that Dick in a Box of SNL's that currently is the 3rd most watched video of all time on the internet didn't help SNL's TV ratings.
This seems like a good time to point out the first study of Wikiproject Vandalism studies which was recently completed. It analyzed 100 random articles' total 668 edits during the months of November 2004, 2005, and 2006. The salient findings suggest that in a given month approximately 5% of edits are vandalism and 97% of that vandalism is done by anonymous editors.
Basically vandalism happens, and it leads to snafu's like this. However, it seems to happen a very small portion of the time. Sensationalist media thrown in the mix makes this story seem bigger than its britches.
This is really, really ridiculous. Every consider asking Jimbo directly? And not relying on networkworld.com for gossip about money issues with the WMF? I mean, the foundation is really unabashed to talk about anything and everything about the organization.
i had a woodchips playground when i was a kid (we called it 'tan-bark') and a rubberized playground. for the record, it hurts WAY more to face plant on a flat rubber surface than it does on loose woodchips.
plus you could huck woodchips at your friends and nail 'em right good up the side of the head when you were horsing around. ah, childhood.
Thats just fine: we'll settle this right now. We'll take a pint of blood from a dieing AIDS patient, and we'll put it in your arm. We'll wait 20 years, and see how things are doing...
You fucking people - HIV causes AIDS!!! Of course it does! Go read the featured wikipedia article on the subject, its got over 100 references. Pfft, not one study. Sheesh.
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It works, you just have to try 10+ times. Or more.
Who says people were voting? It was a rather large discussion that settled on a no-consensus, which is how things tend to go when favorableness is spotty towards a solution.
The truth is Jimmy Wales and 'English Wikipedia bigwigs' ultimately have no more say on the issue of stable versions than any other Wikipedian. It has been addressed with flagged revisions, which ultimately did not have enough community support. I guess technically they held true to the promise of the prospect of stable versions (the mediawiki extension for flagged revisions is there), it just never got enough support from users.
I have a book that espouses some very similar ideas you may want to read. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its made quite a splash in its time.
Yeah, advertising "DRM-free" as a feature is generally pretty stupid. It's like advertising "now won't kick you in the balls" as a feature. Sheesh.
The 1 millionth article was Jordanhill Railway Station. Ironically, the 2 millionth article was almost a train station as well, this time just outside of Tokyo.
Well, there is also a couple of efforts by others right now in paging through the logs to double check for this kind of discrepancy.
How much is 72 bytes worth of text anyhow?
Um, read this.
They should be careful for first grade, though - this is an adult encyclopedia, and we didn't censor it. If you take a look at things like Mozart's article (2nd paragraph), you'll see the kind of thing I mean - important to include in an adult release, but not what I'd want my second grade daughter reading! For young kids, I'd recommend the 2006 SOS Kids release. That has no browser, but every article should be kid-friendly.
Well I think they'd appreciate you help over at Wikipedia's CD Release discussion page. Sounds like you could help out the project - hopefully you are both a mover AND a shaker.
This is a release for Wikipedia 0.5. The next release is Wikipedia 0.7, and if you see something you not in 0.5 that you want in 0.7, cruise on over to the nominations page and let 'em know.
Not only is this a test release of Wikipedia 0.5, but nominating articles for the release isn't a quick process. Get over there and nominate some for 0.7; lets get this baby to fit on a DVD. I share your zeal.
Oh, I see, how are people without a net connection going to SEE this? Well, I think the biggest problem isn't internet costs a lot more in other countries; no everyone has broadband. Dial-ups and cost per minute kills Wikipedia for that kind of environment. I know I guy in a remote African community who wanted me to send him a Wikipedia database dump on a hard drive which he was willing to pay for - downloading it with his current cost per min of internet was WAY more expensive than just buying the HD outright.
They currently do silly. See WikipediaOnDVD. I believe even though the website is WikipediaOnDVD, it is a CD. Keep in mind this is a test release; the idea is when it is too big for a CD for 1.0 releases it will be distributed on DVD, thus the website name.
This wasn't really Tuesday night methinks. My boss who is Deaf and uses a blackberry like the dickens for contacting outside the office said she couldn't send from it all Tuesday day, starting in the morning.
Thats right. You can't possible tell me that Dick in a Box of SNL's that currently is the 3rd most watched video of all time on the internet didn't help SNL's TV ratings.
You're making me feel pretty foolish for buying a Voodoo3 card back then.
This seems like a good time to point out the first study of Wikiproject Vandalism studies which was recently completed. It analyzed 100 random articles' total 668 edits during the months of November 2004, 2005, and 2006. The salient findings suggest that in a given month approximately 5% of edits are vandalism and 97% of that vandalism is done by anonymous editors.
Basically vandalism happens, and it leads to snafu's like this. However, it seems to happen a very small portion of the time. Sensationalist media thrown in the mix makes this story seem bigger than its britches.
Measuring something is easy - it is knowing what you are measuring that is the hard part.
I suspect that this study might have its share of assumptions and flaws.
This is really, really ridiculous. Every consider asking Jimbo directly? And not relying on networkworld.com for gossip about money issues with the WMF? I mean, the foundation is really unabashed to talk about anything and everything about the organization.
i had a woodchips playground when i was a kid (we called it 'tan-bark') and a rubberized playground. for the record, it hurts WAY more to face plant on a flat rubber surface than it does on loose woodchips.
plus you could huck woodchips at your friends and nail 'em right good up the side of the head when you were horsing around. ah, childhood.
Actually as you get older your body requires less sleep. Kinda weird, but I guess it doesn't have to be so primed as it used to need to...
then you're game to the arm thing?
Thats just fine: we'll settle this right now. We'll take a pint of blood from a dieing AIDS patient, and we'll put it in your arm. We'll wait 20 years, and see how things are doing...
You fucking people - HIV causes AIDS!!! Of course it does! Go read the featured wikipedia article on the subject, its got over 100 references. Pfft, not one study. Sheesh.
Linky! - Wikipedia data dumps for the curious.