Comments on: Wikipedia Weekly 9: New Board Members http://wikipediaweekly.org/2006/12/11/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/ The only podcast for Wikimedians! Covering the news, policies, controversies and interviews with the people of Wikipedia and Wikimedia in general. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JoeSmack http://wikipediaweekly.org/2006/12/11/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-130 JoeSmack Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:02:30 +0000 http://wikipediaweekly.com/2006/12/12/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-130 to expand on Danny's talk of the linkspam channel: If you have IRC (I use Chatzilla) you can look at a bot-feed of anything added to Wikipedia with 'http://' in it - great for removing linkspam (which is a growing problem). The bot itself is named Linkwatcher (User:Eagle_101/Linkwatcher), and you can see this feed at #wikipedia-spam (freenode), or ask about it on its talk channel at #wikipedia-spam-t. It really is brilliant to see; you can just do a couple of middle-clicks from the channel and get the page dif and view the potential spam link, making it simply a matter of to revert changes or not. You might mention more of this in next epsiode; i know they are terribly over-worked and could use more volunteers. to expand on Danny’s talk of the linkspam channel:

If you have IRC (I use Chatzilla) you can look at a bot-feed of anything added to Wikipedia with ‘http://’ in it - great for removing linkspam (which is a growing problem). The bot itself is named Linkwatcher (User:Eagle_101/Linkwatcher), and you can see this feed at #wikipedia-spam (freenode), or ask about it on its talk channel at #wikipedia-spam-t. It really is brilliant to see; you can just do a couple of middle-clicks from the channel and get the page dif and view the potential spam link, making it simply a matter of to revert changes or not. You might mention more of this in next epsiode; i know they are terribly over-worked and could use more volunteers.

]]> By: j http://wikipediaweekly.org/2006/12/11/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-129 j Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:54:00 +0000 http://wikipediaweekly.com/2006/12/12/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-129 there is a few clicks / exhales into the mic / sniffles in the background that i wish wasn't there. really enjoyed the insights on Europe and the donations process, and hearing about how the wikipedia office is so small the tour would take 30 seconds - good chuckle on that one. ;) there is a few clicks / exhales into the mic / sniffles in the background that i wish wasn’t there. really enjoyed the insights on Europe and the donations process, and hearing about how the wikipedia office is so small the tour would take 30 seconds - good chuckle on that one. ;)

]]> By: Radish http://wikipediaweekly.org/2006/12/11/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-128 Radish Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:17:28 +0000 http://wikipediaweekly.com/2006/12/12/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-128 Hi, Great podcast. I listened to all 9 episiodes including the special episode, this week at work; and I am not even a registered Wikipedian yet. Note the 'yet' as your podcast has spurred my interest in becoming more than a User of Wikipedia, but instead to work on becoming a Contributor and Wikipedian in the future. Keep up the great work! Hi,

Great podcast. I listened to all 9 episiodes including the special episode, this week at work; and I am not even a registered Wikipedian yet. Note the ‘yet’ as your podcast has spurred my interest in becoming more than a User of Wikipedia, but instead to work on becoming a Contributor and Wikipedian in the future.

Keep up the great work!

]]> By: George Chriss http://wikipediaweekly.org/2006/12/11/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-127 George Chriss Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:40:35 +0000 http://wikipediaweekly.com/2006/12/12/wikipedia-weekly-9-new-board-members/#comment-127 Hi, I enjoy this podcast series -- keep up the good work, strive for guest commentators, and keep pushing subscription. The recording quality could stand for improvement -- audio levels are bit low and keyboard strokes are distracting. Call ins or instant messaging would be a plus -- where/when are your recording sessions? Thanks, George Hi,

I enjoy this podcast series — keep up the good work, strive for guest commentators, and keep pushing subscription.

The recording quality could stand for improvement — audio levels are bit low and keyboard strokes are distracting. Call ins or instant messaging would be a plus — where/when are your recording sessions?

Thanks, George

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