Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-10-11/News and notes

Writer's note: This week's Introduction to Commons video marks the third news and notes story in a row to use a video, following the WikiProject Screencast video last week and the MediaWiki shorts two weeks before. It appears the use of videos for tutoring purposes is on the rise. I have to say, I'm supportive of it: videos are a great, and underutilized, way of passing on information.

To the GA reviewers and writers: congratulations! The 10,000th GA marks a historical point in Wikipedia content; I am proud to have added my eight to the bunch. Regards, Res Mar 03:02, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 10,000 GA's is great! How do we know, as Geometry Guy says, that they are maintained to GA standard? Rich Farmbrough, 17:20, 12 October 2010 (UTC).


 * They are systematically reviewed - I think about annually or so. Of course, at any one time, an article's quality may have slipped, but folks like User:Jezhotwells work very hard to keep their quality up.  And, of course, some of them go on to FAC.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Congrats to Cumulus and Rododendron  YellowMonkey  ( new photo poll )  06:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't understand Dutch but Rododendron removed pictures and congratulations from the talk page. User:Elitre —Preceding undated comment added 10:21, 12 October 2010 (UTC).
 * Cumulus had temporarily removed the normal contents of her talk page; she placed them back. Ucucha 11:58, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Heh, I wonder if it would be possible to actually get married on Wiki... The Thing //  Talk  //  Contribs


 * In nomine Jimbonis, communitatis et spiritu collaborationis... – ukexpat (talk) 14:11, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * HaeB, I honestly think that the GA story was the highlight this week, and should be at the front of the post rather then the back :L Res Mar 04:28, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I disagree. It's a great achievement, but is still a milestone, and milestones traditionally come at the end of the report (actually usually after "Briefly"). &mdash; PretzelsHii! 19:26, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's a pretty major milestone. The French story last week ran in first place. Res Mar 21:06, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's fine to mention jubilees and other numerical milestones, but they are not really among the kind of news which comes most unexpected or has the most impact on our readers.
 * Besides, this particular story did not offer much additional value in context, history or analysis (such as, for example, statistics on the growth of GAs), merely a quote by some user saying, basically, that Good articles are a good thing - not very informative, see also Tony's remark about the quote. You may recall a similar discussion about the 3000th FA story.
 * Regards, HaeB (talk) 17:43, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

I'd rather not think about it. Waste of a day's work that was... Res Mar 23:29, 15 October 2010 (UTC)