Wikipedia Task Force: Reader Conversion

[netmouse]

I have been selected to participate in the Wikipedia task force to increase contributions from readers and under-represented groups. In other words, to convert wikipedia readers to editors.

I have posted a few of my pet theories as to why people are discouraged from or disinterested in editing wikipedia on my wikipedia strategic planning user page. I welcome discussion there or here about why you or people you know choose not to edit wikipedia.

Comments

[cdave]

It's point 1) for me too. There was a period a few years ago where one or two editors had targeted webcomics as an area that needed tidying up. They were deleting as non-notable webcomics which had higher reader numbers than many US newspapers, and which the creators were making a living from.

No amount of rallying from the readers would persuade these editors not to delete these entries.

I still occasionally tweek errors in articles, but don't normally bother.


For instance in Time of Eve, it states that couple of things happened, when they are only _implied_ to have happened. A big difference in a show where the main premis is about the characters concealing things. But I can't be bothered to edit it, as there's every chance it'll be decided it's non-notable and disappear soon anyway.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Do you remember one or two examples of which webcomics got deleted?

[cdave]

It goes back through 2005, and 2006, but the biggest fuss I recall was in 2007.

The attempt to delete one of the longest standing webcomic hosting projects, Keenspot, was particularly daft.

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Thanks for the links.

[eleri.livejournal.com]

that's exactly what happened with PX!, and that was in '08. The PX forums are gone now, so I can't dig up dates.