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I was wondering if any1 here knows any search engine that is able to filter away the welcome to abc website messages? As i was searching for welcome, i went to other webpages instead of the ones i am looking for. p/s: i was searching for new entries for welcome. E.g. a new novel, a new tv show and etc. Luffy487 09:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to accomplish when you say you're trying to "find new entries for welcome". If this is a question relating to improving Wikipedia, I suggest trying Wikipedia:Help desk. If it's just a search question in general, then Wikipedia:Reference desk might be the best place. -- John Broughton (☎☎) 16:48, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if it's somehere on the project page, but maybe we could have another procedure added to the list. I was thinking tht right after someone takes charge of a page that they should try to put a template on the talk page of other Wikiprojects that could help with it. Just a suggestion though, of course. — ¡ Rand fan ! Sign here? 21:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I am a new member on this wikiproject. Can you people please start me up? I want to bring life back to abandoned articles... I would appreciate if you tell me which ones need this kind of help! Check my userpage to see what I am good on! Keep the nice job! Daniel32708 02:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Daniel32708
Should we maybe have a collaboration of the month? Ninety wazup? Review me My ToDo 22:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
It seems to me that this project is focusing more on simply getting articles off the ancientpages list, rather than what was originally intended (or so I thought), which was to contact users and WikiProjects who we believe would continue editing the articles for the future, instead of just improveing them once and leaving them to "rot". I suggest that we maybe run some sort of adoption system, in which editors pick out articles from their blocks and place a link in a section on this project page. Then, we would look through user categories and pick out ones that are likely to include users that would be interested in visiting and improveing these articles. We could then place a boilerplate message on those users' talk pages, telling them that the article needs support and that we thought they could help. Once we see a consistent amount of editing of the article from non-project members, the project template will be removed from the article's talk page, and the article's name removed from our list of adopted articles. I think this is better than simply "touching" the articles, or even improveing them, because each of those processes do not ensure a consistantly-edited future for the article, which will eventually find itself back on the ancientpages list, because it would only be edited that one time by us, then be "re-abandoned." This process will hopefully find users who will continue editing the article even after we have left it to "fend for itself." We could possibly create special positions that members could take and they would have the specific job of maintaining the adoption section of the project. They would be passed on the articles for adoption from the people who are maintaining the blocks of ancientpages, creating a sort of assembly line in which "Searchers" look through their blocks of articles, doing just what they are doing now, as well as finding articles to pass on to the "Adopters," who would then do what is described above with those articles. Cheers!! Ninety wazup? Review me My ToDo 18:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that you list the articles that you "touched" in the new section on the project page - that way, others will know that help is needed to get the article adopted. I hope that at least you put the template for this WikiProject on the talk page of the article - that's another way for it to be identified.
As for how do we know that person is the one we are looking for? Will that person continuously update and expand the article/s?, the answer is "no", we can never be sure that whoever is found (and it could be a WikiProject, not a person) will really take care of an article. But we do know that the article will be in much better shape after someone with some interest and relevant knowledge works on it, and that's really what this project is about. Plus adding wikilinks and categories within the article, and wikilinks from other articles to the abandoned article, always helps. Our goal here isn't perfection, it's improvement. And membership in this project should not be in any way tied to finding editing help for abandoned articles - we're already asking someone to go out of his/her way to fix and article; if we mention this project to them, they can find it and join it if they're interested. -- John Broughton (☎☎) 16:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
The current method removes articles from the list after one edit. If someone goes on the page and changes one spelling the page is no longer abandoned? IMO the page must see substantial edits to not be abandoned. Please can we rectify this immediately as it simply will not get anywhere if we don't. These pages at present are going to be back on the list in 2 years time. Also, I think we should have all articles we look at within our chosen block of 10, peer reviewed. I have already started with one as a trial. I had it peer reviewed, however I'm having trouble in that I don't find that article in the least bit interesting. See: [ [1]] for further info.-- I'll bring the food ( Talk - Contribs - My Watchlist) 17:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Caves of Mars Project (NASA project)
Imerkhevi (Turkish valley), Commonwealth Range
Claspknife (a folding knife)
Hi all! As regarding to the opinions given by I'll bring the food and Ninety, I sincerely propose my new suggestions to develope this WikiProject to make it more user friendly.
First of all, I would like to commend John Broughton for spending so much time in making blocks for us. However, I believe there is a need to categorize articles according to its topic instead of making blocks. This is to allow different users with different interest to choose articles which they would like to adopt.
Changes in procedure for editing:
If any members have found any difficulties in adopting the articles, they may seek help from discussion.
This is my sincere proposal to improve this WikiProject, making it more user friendly and attracting new members to join us. Luffy487 14:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
I was wondering if any1 here knows any search engine that is able to filter away the welcome to abc website messages? As i was searching for welcome, i went to other webpages instead of the ones i am looking for. p/s: i was searching for new entries for welcome. E.g. a new novel, a new tv show and etc. Luffy487 09:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to accomplish when you say you're trying to "find new entries for welcome". If this is a question relating to improving Wikipedia, I suggest trying Wikipedia:Help desk. If it's just a search question in general, then Wikipedia:Reference desk might be the best place. -- John Broughton (☎☎) 16:48, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if it's somehere on the project page, but maybe we could have another procedure added to the list. I was thinking tht right after someone takes charge of a page that they should try to put a template on the talk page of other Wikiprojects that could help with it. Just a suggestion though, of course. — ¡ Rand fan ! Sign here? 21:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I am a new member on this wikiproject. Can you people please start me up? I want to bring life back to abandoned articles... I would appreciate if you tell me which ones need this kind of help! Check my userpage to see what I am good on! Keep the nice job! Daniel32708 02:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Daniel32708
Should we maybe have a collaboration of the month? Ninety wazup? Review me My ToDo 22:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
It seems to me that this project is focusing more on simply getting articles off the ancientpages list, rather than what was originally intended (or so I thought), which was to contact users and WikiProjects who we believe would continue editing the articles for the future, instead of just improveing them once and leaving them to "rot". I suggest that we maybe run some sort of adoption system, in which editors pick out articles from their blocks and place a link in a section on this project page. Then, we would look through user categories and pick out ones that are likely to include users that would be interested in visiting and improveing these articles. We could then place a boilerplate message on those users' talk pages, telling them that the article needs support and that we thought they could help. Once we see a consistent amount of editing of the article from non-project members, the project template will be removed from the article's talk page, and the article's name removed from our list of adopted articles. I think this is better than simply "touching" the articles, or even improveing them, because each of those processes do not ensure a consistantly-edited future for the article, which will eventually find itself back on the ancientpages list, because it would only be edited that one time by us, then be "re-abandoned." This process will hopefully find users who will continue editing the article even after we have left it to "fend for itself." We could possibly create special positions that members could take and they would have the specific job of maintaining the adoption section of the project. They would be passed on the articles for adoption from the people who are maintaining the blocks of ancientpages, creating a sort of assembly line in which "Searchers" look through their blocks of articles, doing just what they are doing now, as well as finding articles to pass on to the "Adopters," who would then do what is described above with those articles. Cheers!! Ninety wazup? Review me My ToDo 18:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
I suggest that you list the articles that you "touched" in the new section on the project page - that way, others will know that help is needed to get the article adopted. I hope that at least you put the template for this WikiProject on the talk page of the article - that's another way for it to be identified.
As for how do we know that person is the one we are looking for? Will that person continuously update and expand the article/s?, the answer is "no", we can never be sure that whoever is found (and it could be a WikiProject, not a person) will really take care of an article. But we do know that the article will be in much better shape after someone with some interest and relevant knowledge works on it, and that's really what this project is about. Plus adding wikilinks and categories within the article, and wikilinks from other articles to the abandoned article, always helps. Our goal here isn't perfection, it's improvement. And membership in this project should not be in any way tied to finding editing help for abandoned articles - we're already asking someone to go out of his/her way to fix and article; if we mention this project to them, they can find it and join it if they're interested. -- John Broughton (☎☎) 16:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
The current method removes articles from the list after one edit. If someone goes on the page and changes one spelling the page is no longer abandoned? IMO the page must see substantial edits to not be abandoned. Please can we rectify this immediately as it simply will not get anywhere if we don't. These pages at present are going to be back on the list in 2 years time. Also, I think we should have all articles we look at within our chosen block of 10, peer reviewed. I have already started with one as a trial. I had it peer reviewed, however I'm having trouble in that I don't find that article in the least bit interesting. See: [ [1]] for further info.-- I'll bring the food ( Talk - Contribs - My Watchlist) 17:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Caves of Mars Project (NASA project)
Imerkhevi (Turkish valley), Commonwealth Range
Claspknife (a folding knife)
Hi all! As regarding to the opinions given by I'll bring the food and Ninety, I sincerely propose my new suggestions to develope this WikiProject to make it more user friendly.
First of all, I would like to commend John Broughton for spending so much time in making blocks for us. However, I believe there is a need to categorize articles according to its topic instead of making blocks. This is to allow different users with different interest to choose articles which they would like to adopt.
Changes in procedure for editing:
If any members have found any difficulties in adopting the articles, they may seek help from discussion.
This is my sincere proposal to improve this WikiProject, making it more user friendly and attracting new members to join us. Luffy487 14:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)