ng with the very sad news
> that Ben passed away yesterday. I do not know the details. He was in
> his 20s and lived in Michigan, USA.
>
I have not known Mr. Yates (though the name rings a bell) but I am saddened to
hear that. My condolences go to everyone who knew h
understanding wiki markup, references, etc. I would be
> coordinating the project, but I don't think I could field all the students'
> questions at once! Any volunteers?
Count me in. My username is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
fulfilling our mission. Thanks for
> your work on this, Geoff.
>
I agree. It is important that one will not undermine the public domain.
Thanks for pursuing it.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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instead of "The
president" or "The leader".
Vandalism is a problem, but there are many way to mitigate it. And by
harnessing the efforts of a large number of Internet contributors, the
Wikipedia became much more comprehensive than it was without user-generated-
content.
On Thursday 28 Jan 2010 23:02:46 Bod Notbod wrote:
> > She has an important job
> > and lots to do: I ask you all to join me in welcoming and supporting
> > her.
>
> Welcome Danese. Impressive CV!
>
I second that - I wish Danese good luck in her new role.
Re
ly have my own web-sites and blogs
(not really wikis, though I have comments there), which often take greater
precedence and interest. So my expectation is that if such an effort is
started, it will need to grow organically in a similar way that wikinews or
wikibooks or some of the popular t
yment
> on Wikimedia sites, under contract from the Foundation.
>
Sounds very good. I always found the discussions' page on MediaWiki to be
lacking in usability, and so I've been looking forward to something like this.
Thanks to all the people who've wo
