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[[Wikipedia:Ownership of articles|Ownership of articles]] is a tricky one. We need enthusiasts but editing an "owned" article can be frustrating and drive editors away from the page and maybe Wikipedia itself. But how many articles would not exist if it wasn't for their !owners? To use some old examples, [[CLANNAD]] and [[Yodeling]] have probably illustrated both sides of the argument at one time or another, and don't get me started on the whole [[Wiki Loves Monuments]] fiasco from a few years ago now. |
[[Wikipedia:Ownership of articles|Ownership of articles]] is a tricky one. We need enthusiasts but editing an "owned" article can be frustrating and drive editors away from the page and maybe Wikipedia itself. But how many articles would not exist if it wasn't for their !owners? To use some old examples, [[CLANNAD]] and [[Yodeling]] have probably illustrated both sides of the argument at one time or another, and don't get me started on the whole [[Wiki Loves Monuments]] fiasco from a few years ago now. |
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Revision as of 17:16, 23 October 2021
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Northernhenge is mainly a WikiGnome and thinks he's been here for quite a while. His main interest is how the value of the information contained in Wikipedia – features that make it better than other encyclopaedias – can be maintained. He believes that this is supported by wikilinks and categories. He is probably guilty of overlinking, may tend to be an inclusionist regarding categories, and was disappointed when date linking was dropped. He certainly needs to know more about Wikidata and should use Citation bot.
Policies
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When he was a more active editor Northernhenge made an effort to take policies and guidelines into account though this is not his natural inclination. He might have sometimes referred to Biographies of living persons, Neutral point of view, No original research, Verifiability or What Wikipedia is not. He always intended to leave edit summaries but didn't always do so. He was particularly negligent with minor edits and talkpage edits. He probably still imagines that editors read their own talkpages in any case and that minor edits are self-explanatory but that's not really an excuse.
What's not to like?
Ownership of articles is a tricky one. We need enthusiasts but editing an "owned" article can be frustrating and drive editors away from the page and maybe Wikipedia itself. But how many articles would not exist if it wasn't for their !owners? To use some old examples, CLANNAD and Yodeling have probably illustrated both sides of the argument at one time or another, and don't get me started on the whole Wiki Loves Monuments fiasco from a few years ago now.
What's to like? (Current favourite page.)
Activites
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- Northernhenge isn't quite sure what an edit count actually measures. (See also Editcountitis, AfD statistics and his edits in the wikipedia namespace.)
- He was seen for a while at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion and could have got hooked on Wikipedia:Categories for discussion or even Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links until WP:BUSYLIFE took over.
- Another place to while away the hours (articles with leads that are too short)
- He rarely creates articles.
- He's a reviewer who therefore visits Special:PendingChanges.
Other wikis
Tip of the day etc.
- Useful citation tool
- Don't forget Wikipedia:Database download
- Explore Category:Lists based on Wikidata
- Tips...
