[Foundation-l] Social networking (was: Analysis of lists statistics: community in decline)

Sun Nov 2 18:46:42 UTC 2008

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> If we pursue an idea of this kind, we could implement some kind of
> "Wikicommunity" features in userspace.
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicommunity
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> Possibly we could have some minimal standards of being an actual
> contributor before the Wikicommunity feature is activated for a
> particular user.
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> This would be a check on non-Wikimedians using us as their Myspace
> alternative.
>
> Thanks,
> Pharos

This is a routine feature on MUDs where a point system results in levels
with different prerogatives. Obviously, as in a MUD, there are numerous
ways to game any such system. However, someone who has made 10,000 edits
might be permitted to have a personally oriented web page and access to
wikicommunity features.

Fred