Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/SpecialEpisode1



"The point is not to determine who is notable enough to be in the encyclopedia, because there's all kinds of things that aren't notable to anybody but a handful of people, but there are still articles about them. It doesn't have to do with notability, it has to do with maintainability. In other words, if some information can be reliably maintained... then there's no reason why we can't have it."

- Larry Sanger

"This is one thing that I don't think Wikipedians quite realise yet. If Citizendium takes off, we practically guarantee the long-term survival of Wikipedia itself..."

- Larry Sanger

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 * Transcript

The Panel

 * Main hosts
 * -- Fuzheado | Talk
 * -- Tawker


 * Guest hosts
 * Daveydweeb
 * 1ne


 * Guests
 * Poupou
 * Larry Sanger (WikiBio)

Overview

 * 1) Protests in German Wikipedia after article wins writing contest
 * A large cry of protests break out after Methodischer Kulturalismus (Methodical culturalism) wins the Fifth German Wikipedia writing contest. Poupou, member of the community-selected jury for the judging and admin of the German Wikipedia, comes to talk about the protests.


 * 1) Citizendium Launch
 * Citizendium launches with a slight hiccup, but it's live. Founder Larry Sanger comes to talk with us about the launch.


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