Um, well, hmm. Thanks for the input. I agree that good articles will sometimes come from people autonomously feeling the need to write them. And I’m not trying to have the community open problems list be the sole place from which good contributions spring. But as an intermittent posts author, I would find it helpful to have a better idea of what LW is trying to do, what loose corners people are puzzled by on which I might have thoughts, etc. And I was hoping some (though not all) authors or potential authors would feel the same.
A list in my personal namespace, representing only my own views on what LW has done and aims to do, wouldn’t serve this purpose at all.
What do other people think about whether point 3 is a good idea? I’ll insert a makeshift poll to gather votes, but comments with reasons would be good too.
Also, ciphergoth, in what sense will you be using your wikia administrator status? Are you advising against purpose 3 as one wiki contributor among many, helping to work out what our aims should be, or are you deciding it as our administrator?
Poll: Should aim 3 above (providing an [incomplete] list of open problems, and wanted articles, together with an indication of how those open problems would contribute to LW’s overall project) be one of the aims of the LW wiki?
Hum. I voted this comment up to 2, but now I see that it’s down to 1 again. People who disagree shouldn’t vote this down but rather vote up the “no” comment, right?
Yes. The same happened to me, and I just assumed that the “poll” user had removed their own upvote after I voted to make voting zero-based, but it looks like we shouldn’t trust the results of this poll. I don’t think a poll is a good way to settle things like this anyway; it’s better to hear what people think.
Um, well, hmm. Thanks for the input. I agree that good articles will sometimes come from people autonomously feeling the need to write them. And I’m not trying to have the community open problems list be the sole place from which good contributions spring. But as an intermittent posts author, I would find it helpful to have a better idea of what LW is trying to do, what loose corners people are puzzled by on which I might have thoughts, etc. And I was hoping some (though not all) authors or potential authors would feel the same.
A list in my personal namespace, representing only my own views on what LW has done and aims to do, wouldn’t serve this purpose at all.
What do other people think about whether point 3 is a good idea? I’ll insert a makeshift poll to gather votes, but comments with reasons would be good too.
Also, ciphergoth, in what sense will you be using your wikia administrator status? Are you advising against purpose 3 as one wiki contributor among many, helping to work out what our aims should be, or are you deciding it as our administrator?
Poll: Should aim 3 above (providing an [incomplete] list of open problems, and wanted articles, together with an indication of how those open problems would contribute to LW’s overall project) be one of the aims of the LW wiki?
Vote this comment up if your impression is “Yes”.
Hum. I voted this comment up to 2, but now I see that it’s down to 1 again. People who disagree shouldn’t vote this down but rather vote up the “no” comment, right?
Yes. The same happened to me, and I just assumed that the “poll” user had removed their own upvote after I voted to make voting zero-based, but it looks like we shouldn’t trust the results of this poll. I don’t think a poll is a good way to settle things like this anyway; it’s better to hear what people think.
Vote this comment up if your impression is “No”.