[game_preservation] Wikipedia thoughts?

[Andrew Armstrong]

When you've read the notability and research sections, give us your 
thoughts :D

I'm interested in the discussions revolving around the misuse of 
supposedly good policies, the horrible politics and internal people just 
wanting to destroy rather then create, and the gist that no one can get 
into it unless they have hours of time even if they are an expert, 
because it's more work then it's worth.

I know how to edit a wiki, I know why certain rules exist for wikipedia, 
but some of it is still a bit too much into political territory, not 
actual editorial territory for my liking.

Oh, and I do remember the earlier days - yes, such a time when there 
were not multicolour signatures, and articles could have trivia, and I 
must say remembering it might be rose tinted, but it didn't seem half 
bad back then despite the lack of some content :) Maybe this Phoebe 
would agree, maybe not.

And feel free to raise discussions here too, I've been a bit too busy to 
go digging into other topics, we kinda need more action around here.

Andrew

Bernadette Daly Swanson wrote:

> Hi Everyone, 

> I have been on the list for a while and am learning a lot from the discussions.

> I work with one of the earlier editors of Wikipedia, Phoebe Ayers, and she and two others from Wikipedia have written this book that may give some more insight in how best to use the site as a content developers/editors.

> I have just bought it so I don't yet have any suggestions, other than millions upon millions of us use it.

>   I will provide the link to the table of contents in case that helps in terms of using Wikipedia and dealing with such issues:

> http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/159327176X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

> (the arrow at the bottom right of image will advance it)

>

> Ben

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> ----- "Andrew Armstrong" <andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:

>

>   

>> From some recent curfuffles on Wikipedia deleting MUD article(s):

>>

>> http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/01/losing_the_thre.html

>> http://www.igda.org/preservation/archives/2009/01/more_on_thresho.html

>>

>> I wanted to know if anyone on the list had thoughts on Wikipedia - as

>> a 

>> resource, as a solution or problem, or whatever. I'm just interested,

>>

>> I've not investigated it much myself, and only ever use the 

>> encyclopaedia for general reading, but the quality of some subjects is

>>

>> pretty poor (or, as we can see, not even there now).

>>

>> Hopefully the situation will improve over time. I was also going to

>> see 

>> what perhaps Mobygames were doing to expand their database (if they

>> were 

>> going to) - there is a lot of credits, covers and screenshots, but not

>>

>> much actual written content about the games in the database, which is

>> a 

>> shame really.

>>

>> Andrew

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