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All articles in Wikipedia are not of the same standard. Many are quite exhaustive and accurate, following a good format. Those may require less attention. However, a large number of articles in Wikipedia are not coherent, logical or authoritative. These articles will certainly require much greater attention from Citizendium. To make a decent start, the important Wikipedia articles that need a facelift in Citizendium, can be brought under a proper structure, followed by wikification to other articles in Citizendium. | All articles in Wikipedia are not of the same standard. Many are quite exhaustive and accurate, following a good format. Those may require less attention. However, a large number of articles in Wikipedia are not coherent, logical or authoritative. These articles will certainly require much greater attention from Citizendium. To make a decent start, the important Wikipedia articles that need a facelift in Citizendium, can be brought under a proper structure, followed by wikification to other articles in Citizendium. | ||
Principles: | |||
* Articles should be well-written and unified, not grab-bags of unintegrated facts. | |||
* Templates should "pay their own way" by actually ''helping'' the user rather than ''distracting'' the user from important information. | |||
When and how to scrap and rewrite entirely. | When and how to scrap and rewrite entirely. | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Lists lists] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Lists lists] | ||
Many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigational_templates navigational templates] need to be completely revisited. Many are useful, but many are not. | Many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Infobox_templates infobox templates] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigational_templates navigational templates] need to be completely revisited. Many are useful, but many are not. | ||
Categories: delete? This is to debate. | Categories: delete? This is to debate. | ||
Interwiki links: delete | Interwiki links: delete | ||
Revision as of 00:45, 8 December 2006
All articles in Wikipedia are not of the same standard. Many are quite exhaustive and accurate, following a good format. Those may require less attention. However, a large number of articles in Wikipedia are not coherent, logical or authoritative. These articles will certainly require much greater attention from Citizendium. To make a decent start, the important Wikipedia articles that need a facelift in Citizendium, can be brought under a proper structure, followed by wikification to other articles in Citizendium.
Principles:
- Articles should be well-written and unified, not grab-bags of unintegrated facts.
- Templates should "pay their own way" by actually helping the user rather than distracting the user from important information.
When and how to scrap and rewrite entirely.
Delete many template messages--particularly the ones that are for contributors and are self-referential. This includes timing-related messages, expansion requests, and all Wikimedia sister projects.
Other templates to delete can, perhaps, be usefully moved to talk pages, including: requesting sources, deletion, disputes and warnings, maintenance, cleanup, and lists
Many infobox templates and navigational templates need to be completely revisited. Many are useful, but many are not.
Categories: delete? This is to debate.
Interwiki links: delete