Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-02-13/WikiProject report


 * Ooh! This is one of those things that occasional users occasionally do when they are bored. Well, at least I do... Res Mar 03:22, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it's a mostly-thankless job. However, the processes for creating a new stub (and getting it approved) can often be extremely arcane, and heaven help anyone who does it wrong (even if unknowingly wrong). I've seen a lot of work wiped out without any explanation at all at times, and a lot of frustration trying to jump through bizarre and somewhat illogical hoops just to get something that will benefit the WikiProject(s) involved by having to adhere to some unexplained and undocumented format decided on by three people using darts somewhere in the distant past. I'm glad I don't do much in the way of creating new stub types anymore. It just made me tired trying to get anything useful done in a reasonable amount of time. Having to get everything stamped and approved in triplicate made it difficult to do anything useful when I only had a certain amount of time and had to waste it working through the (IMO) inane bureaucracy just to get a new stub template approved for use. Perhaps things have changed in the several years since I last battled through the system. That said, once someone does finally figure out all the strange and mysterious rules, and once one gives up and finally accepts that only this WikiProject has any say in the matter of stubs (unlike any other WikiProject out there as far as control goes), it's actually quite easy to get things done. ··· 日本穣 ? ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 09:35, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It's great to get an insight into those behind the scenes gnomers, hats off to you all . 15:05, 19 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.18.110.154 (talk)