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The English language Wikipedia is great. Some other language have big problems with certain admins that prevent new articles or any additions at all (e.g. Germa

by frik 11y ago

The English language Wikipedia is great. Some other language have big problems with certain admins that prevent new articles or any additions at all (e.g. German language). WikiMedia should do something and "fix" those administrative issues.

heinrich5991 11y ago
This needs to be a bit more nuanced. I do see new articles popping up in the German Wikipedia.
- creshal 11y ago
  It's a well-known problem in the German Wikipedia that has been regularly making it into the local newspapers for several years now: http://www.taz.de/!5087443/ http://www.taz.de/!5087443/ http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/WikiCon-Konfliktfeld-Wikipedia-2411752.html http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/WikiCon-Konfliktfeld-... I'm not sure whether there's English articles on the (apparently rather German-centric) problem. (For one, it's easy to find the German ones, because of course Germans have a distinct word for it: Löschnazi-Debatte.) (Edit: Sorry, accidentally misclicked and downvoted you.)
- frik 11y ago
  > nuanced Really? No. It's a well known wide spread systematic problem. The root cause should be fixed by the international Wikimedia Foundation. Read about the issues on English Wikipedia: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristi... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions
  - kuschku 11y ago
    German Wikipedia is not associated with Wikimedia, and Wikimedia has no control over them.
tokenadult 11y ago
I am a Wikipedian and have been since 2010. Because I read German, I occasionally refer to and edit German Wikipedia. I'm not so sure that German Wikipedia is really that much worse than English Wikipedia in the topics I follow most closely (psychology and linguistics), and I might rather say that English Wikipedia should be less hasty about adding new articles on every pop-culture topic for which few reliable sources exist.
- frik 11y ago
  German Wikipedia looses a lot of valuable content, on some days more than new content is added: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions The notability guidelines are very off in the German Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristi... English Wikipedia is really good. Though sometimes even there I wished some articles were on Wikipedia rather than some obscure Wikia-subwiki with tons of advertisement. It's not like HDD space costs much money these days. And all these article have sources anyway. Wikipedia had this nice "triva" sections that I love on IMDB.com up to 2006 (or so), sad some decided to delete them as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Triv... This guideline does not suggest removing trivia sections, or moving them to the talk page. If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all.
sb057 11y ago
It's not just non-English language Wikipedias that have have admin issues.

by frik 11y ago

heinrich5991 11y ago

This needs to be a bit more nuanced. I do see new articles popping up in the German Wikipedia.

creshal 11y ago
It's a well-known problem in the German Wikipedia that has been regularly making it into the local newspapers for several years now: http://www.taz.de/!5087443/ http://www.taz.de/!5087443/ http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/WikiCon-Konfliktfeld-Wikipedia-2411752.html http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/WikiCon-Konfliktfeld-... I'm not sure whether there's English articles on the (apparently rather German-centric) problem. (For one, it's easy to find the German ones, because of course Germans have a distinct word for it: Löschnazi-Debatte.) (Edit: Sorry, accidentally misclicked and downvoted you.)
frik 11y ago
> nuanced Really? No. It's a well known wide spread systematic problem. The root cause should be fixed by the international Wikimedia Foundation. Read about the issues on English Wikipedia: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristi... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions
- kuschku 11y ago
  German Wikipedia is not associated with Wikimedia, and Wikimedia has no control over them.

tokenadult 11y ago

I am a Wikipedian and have been since 2010. Because I read German, I occasionally refer to and edit German Wikipedia. I'm not so sure that German Wikipedia is really that much worse than English Wikipedia in the topics I follow most closely (psychology and linguistics), and I might rather say that English Wikipedia should be less hasty about adding new articles on every pop-culture topic for which few reliable sources exist.

frik 11y ago
German Wikipedia looses a lot of valuable content, on some days more than new content is added: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Deletions The notability guidelines are very off in the German Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Wikipedia#Characteristi... English Wikipedia is really good. Though sometimes even there I wished some articles were on Wikipedia rather than some obscure Wikia-subwiki with tons of advertisement. It's not like HDD space costs much money these days. And all these article have sources anyway. Wikipedia had this nice "triva" sections that I love on IMDB.com up to 2006 (or so), sad some decided to delete them as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Triv... This guideline does not suggest removing trivia sections, or moving them to the talk page. If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all.

sb057 11y ago

It's not just non-English language Wikipedias that have have admin issues.