Wikipedia:Not The Wikipedia Weekly/Master topic list

This is a list of topics that have been suggested, and some featured, on the NTWW program.

Advertising

 * Opt-in advertising on-wiki. Objections, problems, fears of expansion.  12


 * Advertising on Wiki - could the project benefit from a few more millions, or does it undermine something of fundamental import?

AGF Challenge

 * AGF Challenge It is proposed as part of RfA, and might be useful for other things too. I would also invite anyone on Wikipedia Review, banned or not, to take the AGF Challenge; just email me your answers, anonymously of course.--Filll (talk) 22:33, 12 April 2008 (UTC) 9

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

 * The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation donation to WMF. 4

April fools

 * April foolery 7

Arbcomm

 * ArbCom lists - Seive Security, or a one off breach? 4


 * ArbCom Issues - How's it doing? What is it (for those of us unfamiliar with it)? 8

Banned users

 * 'Truth and reconciliation' - any bridges worth mending, or too badly burnt? 5


 * Banned users at NotTheWikipediaWeekly: Should we allow them? If so, where? And when? How can we protect ourselves? 12


 * A View from The Review; discussions with editors who remain active in wiki matters, though banned from this site - primarily through their participation at 'Wikipedia Review' 6


 * Just what is 'proxying for a banned user', and did the last episode of NTWW do it? (click here for an 'interesting' take on the last episode!) 7

Biographies of living persons

 * 'Opt Out' - a suggestion for managing BLPs - does the wiki have a problem? A chat about how we handle biographies - for example James Tour. Also see User_talk:Doc_glasgow/The_BLP_problem. 7


 * Biographies of living persons 10


 * Deletion of Giovanni di Stefano's biography, defamation and opt-out for BLP 12


 * WP:UNDUE and WP:COATRACK in BLP 12

Bureaucrats

 * A rush on WP:RfB 1

Cabals

 * Cabals; are they useful? 12

Checkusers

 * Methods of choosing WP:Checkusers 12

Conspiracy theories

 * Pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, the paranormal and 'fringe' beliefs; Expert Withdrawal, The Martinphi-ScienceApologist "Interview" 4


 * People's fascination with all sorts of conspiracy theories vs. in-your-face day-to-day issues. Further explanation here Dorftrottel (criticise) 23:19, April 12, 2008 9


 * Cabals; are they useful? 12

Danny Wool

 * Recent Coverage of Troubled Wiki Waters 2 Much of this skypecast relates to material from Danny's Blog - it's worth familiarising yourself with the writings therein!


 * Introductions - and a brief background of Danny's involvement with Wikipedia
 * Aims of our discussion
 * CoI Issues
 * A 'Non Story'?
 * The conceptual framework of wiki - big business / small charity?
 * What next?


 * New Blogs on the Block 1


 * Danny Wool and User:Lar have recently started blogs... how's about that!


 * Allegations of expense impropriety from Danny, Wikipedian and ex-employee.

Dispute resolution

 * AGF Challenge It is proposed as part of RfA, and might be useful for other things too. I would also invite anyone on Wikipedia Review, banned or not, to take the AGF Challenge; just email me your answers, anonymously of course.--Filll (talk) 22:33, 12 April 2008 (UTC) 9


 * 'Truth and reconciliation' - any bridges worth mending, or too badly burnt? 5


 * Ethnic Edit Warring Work Group (page): what's it about?; why was it created? Anthøny  21:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC) 9


 * Ways of de-escalating conflicts instead of escalating them - A perennial wiki challenge - further to comments here - Privatemusings (talk) 11:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC) 9


 * Proposal for enforcable mediation in exceptional circumstances, particulary when WP:V and WP:NPOV is in violation. Steve Crossin   (talk)   (anon talk)  17:00, 16 April 2008 (UTC) 9


 * I'd like to cover the Dispute Resolution process in-depth in a future episode, and hopefully this one (I'd prefer this issue be deferred, to facilitate an episode with plenty of time for this issue, rather than having it dealt with in this skypecast, but rushed). More thoughts coming soon. Anthøny  19:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Editing Wikipedia

 * Motivating editors, and encouraging 'best practice' - a chat about ways to support the best possible wiki editing, and ways of sharing best practices in a variety of situations 3


 * Vintage image restorations - a discussion of the restoring, and uploading of images now in the public domain... 3


 * non-admin rollback a few months later: the right decision or a mistake, lessons learned. Zginder 2008-04-14T23:11Z (UTC) 9


 * 'Talk Page Clerking' - when do talk pages work well, and could they, in some cases, be improved by a 'facilitator' or clerk? 8

Ethnic editing working group

 * Ethnic Edit Warring Work Group (page): what's it about?; why was it created? Anthøny  21:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC) 9

Featured articles

 * A Chat with the FA Director 1


 * We hit 2000 featured articles. Included among the latest batch (that put us over the top) was a featured article produced by a University class project to improve our coverage of latin-american literature. 8


 * How the wiki process effects FA quality articles

Flagged versions

 * 'Stable Revisions' - some news from the foundation about this long discussed development - does the english wiki want it? what is it anyways?

FRINGE topics

 * Pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, the paranormal and 'fringe' beliefs; Expert Withdrawal, The Martinphi-ScienceApologist "Interview" 4


 * Pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, the paranormal and 'fringe' beliefs - how does the wiki bear up?

Humor

 * April foolery 7


 * Lamest edit wars: do you spell the color (i.e., colour) as grey or gray? 12


 * Cabals; are they useful? 12

Images

 * Vintage image restorations - a discussion of the restoring, and uploading of images now in the public domain... 3


 * The image placeholder debate. Zginder 2008-04-17T15:27Z (UTC)

IRC

 * the #admins IRC channel - whassapening there then? - Privatemusings (talk) 07:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia and IRC and Safety of editors in real life Seddon69 (talk) 21:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC) 9

Jimbo Wales

 * "GodKingGate"
 * The substance of various allegations
 * Coverage in the Signpost
 * Coverage in mainstream press (Washington Post, UK Times etc.)
 * Implications for the future / lessons to learn


 * Scandal from the Valley(wag) - Jimbo a Himbo? 1


 * Jimbo and Sue? Surely Not! - some wag's been speading rumours.....! 3

Licenses

 * Wikipedia's License - are we migrating to a CC variant?, can we?, when will we? 8

Media and Wikipedia

 * Discussion with several members of the media 10


 * The relation of Wikipedia to the media.11

Mediation

 * MedCom / MedCab - how they sit in the 'wiki constitution' and a bit of a chat about how they work... 8


 * Proposal for enforcable mediation in exceptional circumstances, particulary when WP:V and WP:NPOV is in violation. Steve Crossin   (talk)   (anon talk)  17:00, 16 April 2008 (UTC) 9

Not The Wikipedia Weekly

 * What's this all about then? - the aims of NotTheWikipediaWeekly 1

Proposals

 * Opt-in advertising on-wiki. Objections, problems, fears of expansion.  12


 * Need for a legislative body? - should someone be actively making policy? 8


 * Ombudsmen Committee 12


 * 'Talk Page Clerking' - when do talk pages work well, and could they, in some cases, be improved by a 'facilitator' or clerk? 8


 * An interesting proposal from User:Bstone 1


 * 'Stable Revisions' - some news from the foundation about this long discussed development - does the english wiki want it? what is it anyways?


 * The image placeholder debate. Zginder 2008-04-17T15:27Z (UTC)

Rumors

 * Jimbo and Sue? Surely Not! - some wag's been speading rumours.....! 3


 * Cabals; are they useful? 12


 * Allegations of expense impropriety from Danny, Wikipedian and ex-employee.

Single User Login

 * 'Single User Logins' and 'Stable Revisions' - some news from the foundation about this long discussed development - does the english wiki want it? what is it anyways? 4


 * SUL - still a hot topic this week, but not without its problems. What are the implications for cross-wiki editing, and what about the possibilities of global blocking? ...discussing the differing policies of different wikis re: usurpation, the probability of forced renaming done centrally, and novel features like cross-wiki message bars. 5

Stable revisions

 * 'Stable Revisions' - some news from the foundation about this long discussed development - does the english wiki want it? what is it anyways?

Structure

 * Need for a legislative body? - should someone be actively making policy? 8


 * Extra topic that might be available, as long as participants agree: Ombudsmen Committee 12


 * 'Talk Page Clerking' - when do talk pages work well, and could they, in some cases, be improved by a 'facilitator' or clerk? 8


 * Anarchism vs. structure on the project (see talk page).

Sue Gardner

 * Jimbo and Sue? Surely Not! - some wag's been speading rumours.....! 3
 * A chat with Sue Gardner - history and background within the organisation, and Foundation Directions 3

Threats of violence

 * Threats of violence and suicide from IPs and registered users and how to respond. A discussion of WP:TOV and issues surrounding it


 * Threats of violence and suicide from IPs and registered users and how to respond, thoughts and experiences by Bstone (who is a National Registered Emergency Medical Technician in the US)


 * Wikipedia and IRC and Safety of editors in real life Seddon69 (talk) 21:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC) 9

Vandalism

 * The emerging zero tolerance policy some RC patrollers are implementing, and a discussion on the effects of whacking editors with the vandal stick. Steve Crossin   (talk)   (anon talk)  14:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC) 9

Wikimania

 * Wikimania 2008 1

Wikimedia Foundation

 * Wikimedia Foundation News 1


 * The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation donation to WMF. 4


 * Foundations Communications - initiatives, and updates! 5


 * Board Elections only a few months away..... some early thoughts: Florence Nibart-Devouard, Domas Mituzas, and Michael Snow are up for election.


 * Foundation Directions - where our umbrella foundation is heading.


 * Audit released

Wikipedia editing

 * Motivating editors, and encouraging 'best practice' - a chat about ways to support the best possible wiki editing, and ways of sharing best practices in a variety of situations 3


 * Vintage image restorations - a discussion of the restoring, and uploading of images now in the public domain... 3


 * non-admin rollback a few months later: the right decision or a mistake, lessons learned. Zginder 2008-04-14T23:11Z (UTC) 9


 * 'Talk Page Clerking' - when do talk pages work well, and could they, in some cases, be improved by a 'facilitator' or clerk? 8

Wikipedia news

 * April foolery 7


 * A curious co-incidence - Wikipedia finds the HMAS Sydney? 3


 * Physics Review Letters denies authors the opportunity to publish to Wikipedia - discuss! 3


 * Audit released


 * Lobbying by CAMERA Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC) 13
 * Naughty university vice-chancellors, tsk tsk. Daniel 07:12, 29 April 2008 (UTC) 13

Wikipedia Review

 * A View from The Review'; discussions with editors who remain active in wiki matters, though banned from this site - primarily through their participation at 'Wikipedia Review' 6


 * Just what is 'proxying for a banned user', and did the last episode of NTWW do it? (click here for an 'interesting' take on the last episode!) 7

Wikiprojects

 * Building a wikiproject: what are wikiprojects, what makes them successful? 5

To add

 * Recent changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Seddon69 (talk) 20:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd really like to see some discussion regarding the community petition, currently up on Meta; its rationale, background and how it applies to the English Wikipedia. It looks like an interesting development - A l is o n  ❤ 01:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Naughty university vice-chancellors, tsk tsk. Daniel 07:12, 29 April 2008 (UTC) 13
 * Veropedia
 * Requests_for_arbitration/Homeopathy/Proposed_decision Thoughts? Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Civil POV-pushers - Why has Wikipedia policy failed here? Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Lobbying by CAMERA Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC) 13


 * Birth of the Aussie Chapter of WMF - an update (plus any gossip from the evening before's meetup..!) - Privatemusings (talk) 07:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Does the wiki need a code of ethics? - is this fantastic essay a move in that direction? - Privatemusings (talk) 08:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * State of the Wiki address - how we feel the first bit of 2008 has gone... - Privatemusings (talk) 07:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Wannabe Scots among NTWW regulars: rate the pseudo-accents on a scale of 1 to 10 (automatic penalty for mentioning haggis ). Durova Charge! 18:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Footnotes