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This has been posted by TCO on the FA talk page and seriously questions the value of FA to Wikipedia on Improving Wikipedia’s important articles!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...nt_articles.pdf

Are articles with high reader page views more important than "niche" articles by FAC regulars that get few views per month?

Is FAC a "walled garden" concentrating on "star collectors" (niche article polishers) that discourages NEW BLOOD and NEW IDEAS?

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So SandyGeorgia responds by insulting TCO's balls, "you've got such big ones they must be scraping the ground by now"

Is personal attack the best way to address real concerns brought up by an editor who worked hard on a 104-slide presentation, gathering and summarizing data meant to aid FAC by addressing some of its issues?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...cles.pdf&page=1

SandyGeorgia is out of control. She has made 12 posts to TCO's page in the two hours, all of it attacking!

Look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contr...ns/SandyGeorgia

This while taking pot shots at well meaning others on the side: "noting Carcharoth's unique ability to offend even when he's not trying to"

And gratuitious pouncing on poor JimmyButler, the North Carolina high school teacher: "JimmyButler, when given the chance to present some of the reasons his collaborations worked, was unable to do so, saying he had no idea why his collaborations worked, and wouldn't present some simple data for comparison to the large projects that aren't working."plus carpet bombing his talk page with criticisms after he apologized to her for any way he may have offended her and made it clear he had left and would post no more and would conduct no more classes using Wikipedia.

Is this sort of rampage carpet bombing demeaning other helpful to Wikipedia? Demeaning Tony1 and the SignPost always a target for SandyGeorgia. Battleground mentality is not best for the community and not the best side to show the relatively uninitiated professionals who were mistakenly led to believe that Wikipedia would be a good student experience.

She is too busy raving about TCO to make any sense: I had a lovely Thanksgiving ... TCO is overimpressed with his own importance and the effect he imagines he has on me (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif) ... and how TCO (because of his impulsive nature) has shot even his own vague goals in the foot ... (I personally don't think he has the ability to slow himself down enough or self-monitor enough for introspection, ... He will come and go as everything on the internet does, all the while fancying himself to be oh so important. Yes, I had a lovely Thanksgiving-- it's the internet, anyone can say anything, and that they will. And some people crave attention, any attention, even negative attention-- people like that are compelled to impulsivity when they fear they're being ignored. Pity.

Is she mad???

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chrisoff   Are Feature articles worth their salt?  
Ottava   The articles I worked on were all highly viewed an...  
Eppur si muove   The articles I worked on were all highly viewed a...  
chrisoff   The articles I worked on were all highly viewed a...  
radek   The articles I worked on were all highly viewed a...  
Rhindle   The thing is how long can an FA keep its status wi...  
Ottava   The thing is how long can an FA keep it's sta...  
Eppur si muove   Chrisoff - going off of views, here are mine (...  
Vigilant   The thing is how long can an FA keep it's st...  
radek   The thing is how long can an FA keep its status w...  
chrisoff   But if the FA is on a topic that hardly anyone rea...  
Malleus   Malleus brings up the Donner Party as a heavy hitt...  
chrisoff   [quote name='chrisoff' post='289211' date='Wed 23...  
Malleus   [quote name='Malleus' post='289216' date='Wed 23r...  
chrisoff   [quote name='chrisoff' post='289218' date='Wed 23...  
Malleus   [quote name='chrisoff' post='289218' date='Wed 2...  
Ottava   Read the study! You dismiss the Vital articl...  
chrisoff   [quote name='chrisoff' post='289218' date='Wed 23...  
Ottava   You speak volumes! Clearly your little world ...  
thekohser   Furthermore, a page on "house" will not...  
Ottava   Furthermore, a page on "house" will no...  
chrisoff   Why would that matter to a student? It isn't ...  
Ottava   Do you think Wikipedia is just for students? I...  
thekohser   Why would the page "House" be about the...  
Ottava   Why would the page "House" be about th...  
thekohser   And you did know who my brother was because you m...  
Ottava   [quote name='Ottava' post='289329' date='Thu 24th...  
carbuncle   Um, how did you miss that it was an obvious refer...  
thekohser   How do you get that from me saying that the page ...  
carbuncle   Do you think Wikipedia is just for students? ...  
thekohser   [quote name='thekohser' post='289250' date='Wed 2...  
SB_Johnny   I'll assume from your response that, no, you ...  
Malleus   I'll assume from your response that, no, you...  
Eppur si muove   An article like Samuel Johnson (chosen because ...  
chrisoff   Ottava, this study concentrates on recent FA...  
timbo   Feature Articles are a crock, plain and simple -- ...  
timbo   I've just taken a look at that pdf at the top ...  
chrisoff   Summary recommendations: *For authors" chang...  
chrisoff   [quote name='chrisoff' post='289211' date='Wed 23...  
chrisoff   You can bet that Iridescent (the Arbcom member who...  
chrisoff   Some FAC pros are rising to the occasion! At l...  
chrisoff   Editors are discussing and engaging. A wider grou...  
chrisoff   FAC sets a precedent of gender-based insults. FA e...  
EricBarbour   How many times do I have to tell you clowns: ...  
The Joy   How many times do I have to tell you clowns: ...  
SB_Johnny   How many times do I have to tell you clowns: ...  
Ottava   How many times do I have to tell you clowns: ...  
Alison   I talked to Durova about doing just that. Many of...  
Peter Damian   I talked to Durova about doing just that. Many o...  
dogbiscuit   [quote name='Alison' post='289459' date='Sat 26th...  
Jim   I doubt anyone much goes to Wikipedia through its...  
Jim   [quote name='EricBarbour' post='289427' date='Fri...  
chrisoff   Wasn't that kinda what [wp]Veropedia was all ...  
Malleus   Wasn't that kinda what [wp]Veropedia was all...  
chrisoff   You confuse sole nominators with sole contributor...  
Malleus   You confuse sole nominators with sole contributo...  
chrisoff   You still don't seem to have quite got it. Ho...  
Ottava   I'm confused as to why people would mention Ve...  
chrisoff   I'm confused as to why people would mention V...  
chrisoff   It's just strange why the "FAC regulars...  
SB_Johnny   here. ]  
Mister Die   As others have said, the big problem with Featured...  
Mister Die   I feel that featured articles should be treated as...  
chrisoff   SandyGeorge has been warned to stop the personal a...  
chrisoff   A new idea for a competing FAC! This is a sa...  
Mister Die   No comment.  
SB_Johnny   No comment. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:  
lilburne   No comment. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ...  
radek   [quote name='SB_Johnny' post='296935' date='Tue 7...  
EricBarbour   So, has any of you geniuses figured out (or stumbl...  
thekohser   Where did Raul654 threaten someone for daring to s...  
Rhindle   I was hoping to start a thread on the current FA o...  
chrisoff   Today's featured article (Russell Burnham) was...  
Malleus   She's got too much venom to stop posting. The...  
Selina   all I saw was "gwen gale gwen gale gwen gale...  
chrisoff   all I saw was "gwen gale gwen gale gwen gale...  
The Joy   Courtesy of Tony1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...  
Selina   lol! I beat you to that one Joy :) (look for t...  
The Joy   lol! [url=http://wikipediareview.com/?showtop...  
Mister Die   So the American Declaration of Independence and Ju...  


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