[Wikipedia-l] A Solution to Larry Sanger's Criticisms - ProjectHas Been Around For A While

Tue Jan 4 12:17:49 UTC 2005

Maybe a simple link at the bottom of a page saying "Authors of this Article"
with their contributions next to their names, somewhat like the differences
function we have already?  And in the user page, user contributions with
percentage of articles contributed by that person (say an article on "Middle
English" contributed 78% by UserAlpha, and 10% by UserBeta, and other
percentages for other users).  Just an idea.

James

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On Tuesday 04 January 2005 06:40, Shaun MacPherson wrote:
> I think the easiest way to make Wikipedia more
> credible is with a Fact and Reference Project

It sounds like a good idea.

But it's not enough: You should also limit somehow the anon contributions
and 
employ maintainers for each article (this is what I do on most of my 
projects). The names (full names) of the authors and maintainers must be 
visible in the article, together with 1 or 2-line short bios demonstrating 
their expertise (degrees or work experience), as well as a References
section 
(which should be long - very long).

See my policy here:

http://nerdypc.wikinerds.org/index.php/Help:Editing_process

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