Thinking on Emily's point about social interaction on wikipedia, I'm well aware
that the amount of interaction that I have with other editors varies dramatically
depending on the areas of the Wiki that I spend time in.
At one extreme reviewing at [[wp:FAC]] is very interactive and in my experience usually
very collegial.
At the other extreme, when I'm feeling less sociable I find I can while away hours
eradicating preforming from the entertainment industry or removing a surplus s to merge
the Olympic sports of synchronised ventriloquism and discus throwing.
Somewhere in between is newpage patrol, most new articles are written by newbies who
haven't mastered categorisation and wiki format. If you install hotcat and try to
categorise new articles you'll soon find yourself collaborating with lots of editors.
WereSpielChequers
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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:41:38 -0700
From: stevertigo <stvrtg(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Social ideas (was Hi there)
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Stevertigo wrote:
But do I understand correctly, Emily, that
> by "social aspects" you mean more what we might
call
"community," or
"collective," or perhaps "synergetic" aspects?
Emily Monroe
<bluecaliocean(a)me.com>
wrote:
Yes, that's what I mean!
I'll be interested to see where this discussion goes.
(Because we've gotten our hellos out of the way, I've
retitled the thread)
It generally "goes" nowhere here unless you seed it with a
question or idea.
If your stated interest can be translated into a question,
it might go
something like:
What socially-oriented ideas might make
Wikipedia better?
Though you may not yet understand the intricacies, it still
would not be out
of place for you to suggest some ideas yourself. Especially
when you want to
start a new conversation. In threads like this, we can deal
with a few
different things at once, and who knows what might come
up?
I myself am wondering if anyone has seen any userboxes made
into
bumperstickers.
-Steven
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