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Casliber |
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 24th June 2009, 2:16pm) QUOTE(MZMcBride @ Tue 23rd June 2009, 7:05pm) I'm not expected to be productive here. I have seen no evidence that you have ever been productive at Wikipedia either, or that (in fact) anyone there is expected to produce anything in particular. QUOTE(Newyorkbrad @ Tue 23rd June 2009, 7:50pm) Actually, a majority of Wikipedia editors stick pretty much to editing articles whenever they happen to be in the mood. They have at most incidental or occasional involvement with the whole administrative apparatus of the site, or the various opportunities it provides for "moaning and groaning." You left out a very salient point, and one which I think you would prefer to ignore: when they do run into the administrative apparatus of the site, the experience tends to convince them to find other pastimes. And yet, the administrativichiks, a caste of which you are a senior member, seem to think that this is not indicative of a problem. I think there are signs this is changing. Some content contributors have gotten more involved this year and are sticking around thus far. I am also not necessarily convinced that is a problem as the primary objective is still writing an encyclopedia. Cas
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Malleus |
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QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Wed 24th June 2009, 6:15pm) QUOTE(sbrown @ Wed 24th June 2009, 8:11am) Anyone whose a serious editor and also an admin so knows whats really going on is very likely to get sick and leave.
A serious editor and also an admin? What's wrong with that sentence? (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/laugh.gif) To be fair, I can think of quite a few who fit that bill. A few of them on here even. This post has been edited by Malleus:
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A Horse With No Name |
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I have as much free time as a Wikipedia admin!
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QUOTE(Malleus @ Wed 24th June 2009, 1:52pm) QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Wed 24th June 2009, 6:15pm) QUOTE(sbrown @ Wed 24th June 2009, 8:11am) Anyone whose a serious editor and also an admin so knows whats really going on is very likely to get sick and leave.
A serious editor and also an admin? What's wrong with that sentence? (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/laugh.gif) To be fair, I can think of quite a few who fit that bill. A few of them on here even. To be frank, I cannot name any person on Wikipedia who improved as an editor after becoming an admin. I am, however, finding a lot of admins who had some degree of editorial skill and human resources talent before their RfAs but almost immediately became sloppy, touchy and puerile afterwards. A few of them on here even!
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QUOTE(Lar @ Wed 24th June 2009, 11:42pm) QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Wed 24th June 2009, 2:01pm) To be frank, I cannot name any person on Wikipedia who improved as an editor after becoming an admin.
I wrote my first(1) FA after becoming an admin. Whether that's a sign that I improved as an editor is not necessarily clear to me 1 - and so far, my only one... writing an FA takes a significant chunk of time. Or did me anyway. I had 1 DYK when I passed RFA, I now have 25 DYKs, 2 FLs, and 1 GA, although I do have to admit that most of them are on boring topics.
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Kelly Martin |
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QUOTE(MBisanz @ Wed 24th June 2009, 7:01pm) I had 1 DYK when I passed RFA, I now have 25 DYKs, 2 FLs, and 1 GA, although I do have to admit that most of them are on boring topics. And I bet you cut a stunning sight in your Wikipedia Dress Uniform, what with all the cabbage you get to wear to go with all that alphabet soup. And yet, despite all that, you have still failed to do anything to actually help create an encyclopedia.
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 24th June 2009, 8:09pm) QUOTE(MBisanz @ Wed 24th June 2009, 7:01pm) I had 1 DYK when I passed RFA, I now have 25 DYKs, 2 FLs, and 1 GA, although I do have to admit that most of them are on boring topics. And I bet you cut a stunning sight in your Wikipedia Dress Uniform, what with all the cabbage you get to wear to go with all that alphabet soup. And yet, despite all that, you have still failed to do anything to actually help create an encyclopedia. Wait a minute. Acronyms and initialisms aside, MBisanz is saying he's created featured lists and new articles (with "Did you know" hooks). Yet he's "failed to do anything to actually help create an encyclopedia"? I'm lost.
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QUOTE(MZMcBride @ Thu 25th June 2009, 2:22am) QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 24th June 2009, 8:09pm) QUOTE(MBisanz @ Wed 24th June 2009, 7:01pm) I had 1 DYK when I passed RFA, I now have 25 DYKs, 2 FLs, and 1 GA, although I do have to admit that most of them are on boring topics. And I bet you cut a stunning sight in your Wikipedia Dress Uniform, what with all the cabbage you get to wear to go with all that alphabet soup. And yet, despite all that, you have still failed to do anything to actually help create an encyclopedia. Wait a minute. Acronyms and initialisms aside, MBisanz is saying he's created featured lists and new articles (with "Did you know" hooks). Yet he's "failed to do anything to actually help create an encyclopedia"? I'm lost. Possibly you're thinking; Wikipedia = aspiring encyclopedia. Try thinking; Wikipedia = somewhat useful collection of trivia with a dash of libel just for fun.
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