Comments on: Wikimania 2005 http://www.greenkri.com/534 Kri's Home Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sj http://www.greenkri.com/534/comment-page-1#comment-4025 Sj Sat, 23 Jul 2005 01:36:30 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=534#comment-4025 Greetings from boston (soon frankfurt :). Frnakfurt was chosen b/c there was a large body of interested wikipedians near the city, because it wasn't the US with our passport issues, because some of the most enthusiastic members/fledgling chapters are German and French and Polish and Dutch, all nearby. Sourcing Wikipedia is still hard. We have some good ideas about how to improve that; it is coming along slowly. You'll notice that all of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" rel="nofollow">Featured Articles</a> now have to have extensive reference sections. I hope you're thinking of coming to Wikimania, this year or the next! SJ Greetings from boston (soon frankfurt :) . Frnakfurt was chosen b/c there was a large body of interested wikipedians near the city, because it wasn’t the US with our passport issues, because some of the most enthusiastic members/fledgling chapters are German and French and Polish and Dutch, all nearby.

Sourcing Wikipedia is still hard. We have some good ideas about how to improve that; it is coming along slowly. You’ll notice that all of the Featured Articles now have to have extensive reference sections.

I hope you’re thinking of coming to Wikimania, this year or the next!

SJ

]]> By: Kri http://www.greenkri.com/534/comment-page-1#comment-3986 Kri Mon, 04 Jul 2005 02:49:40 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=534#comment-3986 Wikipedia still isn't along the lines of, say a book source. It is one of the much better internet sources out there though. Wikipedia still isn’t along the lines of, say a book source. It is one of the much better internet sources out there though.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.greenkri.com/534/comment-page-1#comment-3985 Nathan Mon, 04 Jul 2005 02:31:09 +0000 http://www.greenkri.com/?p=534#comment-3985 Wikipedia actually has some pretty strict rules about citing sources when you add and/or edit information. They have teams of editors that look over changes and delete them if the info is not cited or not verifiable - some sources, like personal experience, can't really be cited, for instance. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">Citing Wikipedia</a> will probably help. They also recommend checking the History tab of an article if you need specific authorship information - every change is detailed there. Wikipedia actually has some pretty strict rules about citing sources when you add and/or edit information. They have teams of editors that look over changes and delete them if the info is not cited or not verifiable – some sources, like personal experience, can’t really be cited, for instance.

Citing Wikipedia will probably help. They also recommend checking the History tab of an article if you need specific authorship information – every change is detailed there.

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