Re: [Foundation-l] Regarding Berkman/Sciences Po study

2011-12-10 Thread Alasdair
usion and bad feeling. -- Alasdair On Saturday, 10 December 2011 at 15:14, Mike Christie wrote: > that rule to reinforce > the point that there are those who, like Gregory and me, did not see any > problem with the survey. Those

Re: [Foundation-l] "Vital Articles" underperforming?

2011-12-04 Thread Alasdair
it is an interesting idea. -- Alasdair On Monday, 5 December 2011 at 05:29, rupert THURNER wrote: > i started improving > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology and i felt somehow > left alone by you native english speakers only writing emails :) > > what do

Re: [Foundation-l] "Vital Articles" underperforming?

2011-12-04 Thread Alasdair
en.wiki content issues. I would expect anyone responding to me to be able to comprehend that. It is not very becoming of you to respond to what was a productive conversation with such a lazy "theoretical" message. -- Alasdair On Sunday, 4 December 2011 at 19:38, rupert THURNER wrote:

Re: [Foundation-l] "Vital Articles" underperforming?

2011-12-04 Thread Alasdair
article as "high" or "top" importance. But even that is a totally arbitrary criterion. -- Alasdair On Sunday, 4 December 2011 at 19:03, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 4 December 2011 17:49, Edward Buckner (mailto:peter.dam...@btinternet.com)> wrote: > > Interes

Re: [Foundation-l] "Vital Articles" underperforming?

2011-12-04 Thread Alasdair
- many editors have pointed out that the Vital articles "assessment" is an arbitrary and flawed metric of article importance. So it would be better if it is not used in discussions at present. -- Alasdair On Sunday, 4 December 2011 at 17:04, rupert THURNER wrote: > uh ..

Re: [Foundation-l] New editor fundraising appeal

2011-12-03 Thread Alasdair
include such info in future updates of this kind? Thanks -- Alasdair On Saturday, 3 December 2011 at 20:34, Megan Hernandez wrote: > Check out the update on meta: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011 > > More to come over the next couple days. > > > >

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter brainstorming: Personal filter lists

2011-11-29 Thread Alasdair
ia where some images were not available (at all) to readers - regardless of whether or not they want to see them? I am not sure I agree with this concern as a practical matter but I can understand it as a theoretical concern. Has the board or WMF talked about / addressed this issue anyw

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter brainstorming: Personal filter lists

2011-11-29 Thread Alasdair
ers the option to hide "all" images by default and then click on the greyed out images to load them if they want to see them. -- Alasdair (User:ajbpearce) On Tuesday, 29 November 2011 at 11:37, Tobias Oelgarte wrote: > Am 29.11.2011 10:32, schrieb Tom Morris: > > On Tue,