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> Deletes every single thing the student contributed Yes, this is what I don't understand. I think other commenters here haven't actually realised this is what
by grkvlt 13y ago
> Deletes every single thing the student contributed
Yes, this is what I don't understand. I think other commenters here haven't actually realised this is what happened, as well, and aren't seeing the problem.
One thing I find annoying about Wikipedia is that there is basically no owner or point of contact for the content. So, if I have an idea for a change, I can add a comment to the Talk page for the article, but it'll often languish there for months (years) on some pages. I've never gotten a sense of 'community' there, and although I've made 500+ edits and contributed new articles and been a member of a 'WikiProject' I still wouldn't class myself as a 'Wikipedian' nor would I know how to assign that role to someone else.
- araneae 13y agoI've been a Wikipedia editor for ages, and I have noticed this. You can't wait around for other people to reply. Generally if I'm about to do something potentially controversial, I write a comment on it in the talk thread, and then I go ahead and do it. If others have a problem with it they'll fix it. You kind of have to have a "ask for forgiveness" attitude towards non-active pages.
- DanBC 13y agoThe wiki way is "bold, revert, discuss". That is often catastrophic and will get you templates and warnings, and will make it very hard to push through any edits.