Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-09-11/WikiProject report

"...31 Featured Articles, 14 Featured Lists, and 93 good articles...". It's good! Wagino 20100516 (talk) 07:45, 13 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Most of that due to our editor Crisco... - his adding quality to the project has been phenomonal in the last few years sats 12:51, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh sats, you're making my face go redder than a cabe rawit. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:22, 13 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey guys! Feel free to keep planning a bid for Wikimania! I know the project is separate from local organizers but Indonesia is a priority country for developing the international movement! Wikimania 2013 bids/Surakarta Wikimania 2014 bids/Bukittinggi I would love to join an editathon with WikiProject Indonesia as part of a conference.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   15:18, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * That would be interesting... though (to be honest) I think the only city that could support Wikimania would be Jakarta. Everywhere else... the internet alone would be a cause for mutiny. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:22, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Why would you exclude Bandung or Bali, both common locations of international conferences, and with friendlier environment. -- ELEKHHT 19:15, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I have not been to Bandung in several years, so its possible (likely, even) the internet is better now. I think Bali would be good to avoid for Wikimania both for the internet and because we'd lose a lot of people to the sun, sand and surf. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:44, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * But Haifa also had a balmy climate with plenty of sun and a nice beach. I guess the trick is to make the conference interesting :). -- ELEKHHT 07:36, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, perhaps. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:53, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice to see Signpost cover such a broad and important topic. I also greatly appreciate the contributions of Bennylin, Satu Suro and Crisco. However, I think the current state is more bleak than depicted above. The Indonesian Wikipedia is outstandingly poor, with enormous amount of copyvio and poor content, and such material often spills over to en.wiki. The fact that by the number of articles id.wiki is only 30th is telling. Most discouraging is though that there are only 1,500 active editors on id.wiki, while there are 64,000,000 active facebook users in Indonesia (both measures on monthly basis). On the positive side, I would like to acknowledge the tremendous contributions to the coverage of Indonesia on en.wiki by Rochelimit and Merbabu. - ELEKHHT 20:34, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Agree with you here. When I can have 4% of their featured content without even regularly translating my stuff... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:44, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks Bennylin, Satu Suro and Crisco for making Indonesia showcased here. J Kadavoor J e e 02:21, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yesterday I removed a wp:PROD tag from an article about a public university located in Surabaya which according to its article is the second largest city in Indonesia. Just wondering if this a case of wp:systemic bias. XOttawahitech (talk) 14:57, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't surprise me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:23, 21 September 2013 (UTC)