[Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia + culture differences on different wikis

Thu Nov 3 01:01:57 UTC 2005

On 11/3/05, Elisabeth Bauer <elian at djini.de> wrote:
> Bjarte Sørensen wrote:
>
> > On this note, I would also like to ask a broader question to the
> > community: How different do you think are the cultures of the
> > different languages' wikipedias? In particular I'm interested in
> > inclusivist/deletionist matters, dispute resolution, administrator
> > "powers" and I suppose general feeling of welcome.
>
> I observed that the debates in many wikis are quite similar.

It's good to see universal debates we can learn from, but I enjoy
discovering the tasty differences among Wikipedias.

My favorite - at Wikimania, I was moderating a panel, and one
presenter (CathyMa) talked about barnstars. I explained to the
audience that barnstars originated to be given by anyone to anyone for
appreciation.

Rui Silva of Portugeuse Wikipedia dissented, saying it wasn't so on pt:

Me: "You don't just give out barnstars to anyone?"

Rui: "Oh no. Not just anyone can get a barnstar. The community must vote on it!"

:)

http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?BarnStar

-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)