User:Dylan Lake/Meta stuff

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This is a collection of essays about Wikipedia related stuff. I could organise it into some coherent introduction to all the weird aspects of Wikipedia but I haven't. Note: some of the articles on external wikis (ie Meatball Wiki) are based on WikiPhilosophies contrary to Wikipedia's, so absorb with caution.

This is cool too: complete multimedia documentation of Wikimania 2005 and 2006

Contents 1 Stuff from within Wikipedia 2 Stuff from Meta-Wiki 2.1 How to build Wikipedia 2.2 24 2.3 142 2.4 Community 3 Legal 4 Promotion 5 External links 5.1 Attitudes and approaches to conflict 5.2 People and roles 5.3 Behaviors and actions

[edit] Stuff from within Wikipedia

• Raul's Laws — A compilation of observations by Raul654 about wikiprocess.
• Achieving validation on Wikipedia — The shortcomings of wikipedia and possible solutions.
• Process is Good — A discussion of the process (see also "The Process is Important"
• Thoughts from Kosebamse
• Isomorphic on policy
• The Question of Accuracy
• Adminship:Theory and practise
• The Rule of Law
• Wikiphilosophies
• Views
• Isomorphic on Deletionism
• Improv on Deletionism
• Embrace weasel words — An essay about cases where weasel words are preferred.
• Evaluating how interesting an integer's mathematical property is — Notability of numbers.
• Expert Retention — How to retain experts that have contributed once.
• The Future of Wikipedia: An Essay
• Is Wikipedia Capitalism?
• Criticism — A guide to writing criticism sections.
• Categories vs lists
• We need a policy to deal with policy
• What admins do
• Utility — Utilitarian wikipedianism.
• WikiMoney
• Why stable versions
• The Wiki Way — The way of the wiki.
• Why Ragesoss is a wikipedian — A manifesto
• A case study in intolerance — Transcript of an unnamed talk page.
• The Sociology of Wikipedia
• State of Wikipedia — An attempt to quantitatively measure the state of Wikipedia.
• Success factors — Diagram illustrating the factors that determine the success of a would-be Wikipedian.
• Introduction to deletion process
• Jamaican Bobsled Team clause — "You have no business here, Jamaica!"
• Light one candle — It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. - Chinese proverb
• Observations on Wikipedia behaviour
• Wikipedia is not evil
• No angry mastodons — Defusing tension.
• Named topic bias
• Guide to Requests for adminship
• Arguments regarding Notability
• Political dispute
• Pokémon test — If every Pokémon has an article what is notability?
• Presentation — A sample 5 minute presentation about Wikipedia.
• Describing points of view — Bias.
• Don't-give-a-fuckism
• BOLD, revert, discuss cycle

[edit] Stuff from Meta-Wiki

A jumble of weird stuff from Meta-Wiki.

[edit] How to build Wikipedia

Responses

• Be in Charge and Be Humble
• Understand Bias
• Appreciate Idiosyncracy
• Redesign the Wikipedia Software as a Community
• Make Big Plans on Wikipedia
• Avoid Cabals
• Follow the Spirit of the GFDL
• Be Respectful but Firm

[edit] 24

• Vocabulary
• Status quo
• Governance
• Visions
• Simple View of Ethics and Morals
• Threats
• Best cases
• Worst cases
• Governing Operational distinction
• Natural point of view
• Value system
• Governing Ontological distinction
• NPOV as description
• Value systems

[edit] 142

• What wikipedia thinks it is
• The ideal Wikipedia board
• Wikimedia board manual
• Recruiting editors

[edit] Community

• A Small scale study of Wikipedia
• Association of Structurist Wikipedians
• Darwikinism
• Instruction creep
• Historical/How to Destroy Wikipedia
• Battlefield of ideas
• Is Wikipedia an experiment in anarchy
• Twelve leverage points
• More heat than light
• Reading level
• Logic and Wikipedia
• Past
• Wikipedia commentary
• Meta:Historical
• Politics
• WikipediAhimsa
• Spam blacklist policy discussion
• TMC's sysop request
• Why there will always be debate in this project
• Quality
• Professional writers
• Poor language skills
• Peer review and the Wikipedia process
• Offensive content
• Breadth and depth
• Brainstorming for revenue sources
• A new wikipediast grumpy at the FAQ
• Minor
• Regime change
• Don't vote on everything
• Community
• Edit evaluation parameters
• Childrens' Wikipedia
• Bans and blocks
• Bans
• Censorship on wikimedia projects
• Can history be truly NPOV?
• Friends of gays should not be allowed to edit articles
• Vandalism reports
• Anti-vandalism ideas
• Wikipedia vandalism
• Wikipedia is an MMORPG
• Association of Wikimedians
• Power structure
• Conflicting Wikipedia philosophies
• Wikipedia vandalism
• Edit evaluation parameters
• Original Wikipedia
• Wikipedia mascot
• The Advanced Wikipedian
• The last page
• How to deal with Poles
• The Wrong Version

[edit] Legal

• Guide to the CC dual-license
• Vigilante GFDL enforcement
• James explains law

[edit] Promotion

• Marketing
• Communications committee
• Press
• Logo

[edit] External links

[edit] Attitudes and approaches to conflict Conflict paradox Angry cloud Assume good faith Principle of constant respect Forgive and forget Record keeping Fair process Open process Back room decisions No sudden movements Criticism is feedback Collaborative hypermedium Reward reputation (positive reinforcement) Dissuade reputation (negative reinforcement) Dissuade interaction Enforce responsibility Exit Strategy Pulling out Diminishing replies Categories and topics Who takes out the trash? Forest fire Hit & Run refactoring Wall of silence Barn raising Enabling creativity Content over community

Limit damage Wiki community building Us and them Excess baggage What is a wiki? Fighting is boring [edit] People and roles Characters and roles Anti-Authoritarians Attention seekers Trolls Vested contributors Community members [edit] Behaviors and actions Welcome newcomer Expanding the scope of the conflict Wiki practises Wiki practises glossary Wiki life cycle Selective flattery Lynch mob Anti pattern Enlarge space Copyright Impossibility Theorom The "good point" defense False repentance Sniping criticism Departures and threatening to leave