News Flash: Wikipedia isn't finished yet! Film at 11! On 22 May 2012 10:30, Edward at Logic Museum <edw...@logicmuseum.com> wrote: > Gordon writes Time to return another "town"..... how about this quaint > little hamlet (started as WikiProject in 2002)? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London > > How ironic. I had several London articles deleted or cut short as a result > of the absurd 'community ban' that is still in force. One article, about an > important London landmark and institution, is still deleted, and I am still > waiting for someone to spot the fact and act - that was two years ago. The > article about the London Greyfriars > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars,_London was restored after deletion > by Sandstein, but was only half completed. You can see roughly what the > completed version would be like here > http://www.logicmuseum.com/wiki/Greyfriars,_London (although the section on > the library would not be appropriate for Wikipedia). > > Wikipedia has no article on the Carmelite friary in London > http://www.logicmuseum.com/wiki/Carmelite_friary,_London, and the list of > Franciscan friaries in England > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Franciscan_monasteries_in_England > seems woefully incomplete (that may just be poor categorisation, I haven't > checked). The Oxford Greyfriars article > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars,_Oxford is also seriously > inadequate. I did much research on that friary as part of my forthcoming > book on Duns Scotus, much of which did not find its way into the book, but > would have been ideal for a Wikipedia article. > > There is an enormous amount of London material missing. Look at the article > on Knightsbridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightsbridge. I started the > original article on Chelsea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea,_London > which is not much better than when I originally wrote it. There was no > requirement for citations in those days, and I note the 'citation needed' > template is still there from 2008. > > Does WMUK actually have any serious intentions about improving the > encyclopedia? > > Edward > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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