User:Dylan Lake/Meta stuff

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

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

Stuff from Meta-Wiki
A jumble of weird stuff from Meta-Wiki.

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

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 * 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

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

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

Legal

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

Promotion

 * Marketing
 * Communications committee
 * Press
 * Logo

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

People and roles

 * Characters and roles
 * Anti-Authoritarians
 * Attention seekers
 * Trolls
 * Vested contributors
 * Community members

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