[Search-l] Input wanted on Mini and main name spaces for Search Wikia

[Peter Burden]

On 01/02/2008, Mark (Markie) <newsmarkie at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Right im being bold here, so sorry if anyone has problems with this.
>
> Currently there is not really any definite policy on what is acceptable
> in, and what should not be in mini: articles for Search Wikia.  This means
> that as an admin on the wiki I, and other admins, have difficulty in
> deciding what should be allowed to stay and what should be in the articles.
> It also means trouble for people who are trying to contribute as there isn't
> really a list of what should and shouldn't be in the mini articles.
>
> So I'm suggesting the following to try and get this sorted. Go to this
> page :- *
> http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Mini_article/Policy_discussion*<http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Mini_article/Policy_discussion>



I've been there and, frankly, it's far from obvious how to enter into a
discussion there.
I suggest the discussion continue on this mailing list. So to start the ball
rolling :-

Before going any further I'd strongly recommend that anybody interested in
this
discussion spends a few minutes hitting the "random mini-article" button.
This, if
nothing else, will give some idea of the various possible interpretations of
the
idea.

Pure disambiguation (a la Wikipedia) seems the most useful practical role of
mini-articles and
would be a very useful search engine plus subject to one important proviso.
This is that once
a user has focussed on one of the disambiguating alternatives he/she can
then re-do their
search getting results relevant to just the sense they had selected. If this
can be done then
disambiguating mini-articles will be most useful. However I've not seen any
suggestions or
proposals that would result in Search Wikia having the necessary semantic
mark-up in any
credible fashion.

Here's some ideas on rules for mini-articles

    Mini-articles should be between 50 and 200 words long.
    Mini-articles must include a a tag of some sort indicating what language
they are in.
    Mini-articles should not include images or hyper-links.



This page is to be used for the posting and discussion of ideas for the
> policy on Mini: articles, Search:Mini article<http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Mini_article>,
> and what they should contain. As the main name space, (the namespace with no
> prefix) is an alternative location for content, the question of what the
> main name space is to be used for is also under consideration, see Search:Main
> namespace <http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Main_namespace> for one
> alternative use. Please post ideas below and then these will be discussed
> until *February 8, 2008*. From then until *February 15, 2008* various
> versions of the policy will be drawn up.
>
> More details are on the wiki page, please check there.  Please add your
> inputs.
>
> Thanks all and hope i haven't upset anyone.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
>
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