<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 01/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark (Markie)</b> <<a href="mailto:newsmarkie@googlemail.com">newsmarkie@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Right im being bold here, so sorry if anyone has problems with this.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>So I'm suggesting the following to try and get this sorted. Go to this page :- <a href="http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Mini_article/Policy_discussion" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><b>http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Mini_article/Policy_discussion</b></a></blockquote>
<div><br><br>I've been there and, frankly, it's far from obvious how to enter into a discussion there.<br>I suggest the discussion continue on this mailing list. So to start the ball rolling :-<br><br>Before going any further I'd strongly recommend that anybody interested in this<br>
discussion spends a few minutes hitting the "random mini-article" button. This, if<br>nothing else, will give some idea of the various possible interpretations of the <br>idea.<br><br>Pure disambiguation (a la Wikipedia) seems the most useful practical role of mini-articles and<br>
would be a very useful search engine plus subject to one important proviso. This is that once<br>a user has focussed on one of the disambiguating alternatives he/she can then re-do their<br>search getting results relevant to just the sense they had selected. If this can be done then<br>
disambiguating mini-articles will be most useful. However I've not seen any suggestions or<br>proposals that would result in Search Wikia having the necessary semantic mark-up in any<br>credible fashion.<br><br>Here's some ideas on rules for mini-articles<br>
<br> Mini-articles should be between 50 and 200 words long. <br> Mini-articles must include a a tag of some sort indicating what language they are in. <br> Mini-articles should not include images or hyper-links.<br>
<br><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This page is to be used for the posting and discussion of ideas for the policy on Mini: articles, <a href="http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Mini_article" title="search:Mini article" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Search:Mini article</a>,
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 <a href="http://search.wikia.com/wiki/search:Main_namespace" title="search:Main namespace" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Search:Main namespace</a> for one alternative use. Please post ideas below and then these will be discussed until <b>February 8, 2008</b>. From then until <b>February 15, 2008</b> various versions of the policy will be drawn up.<br>
<br>More details are on the wiki page, please check there. Please add your inputs.<br><br>Thanks all and hope i haven't upset anyone.<br><br>Best wishes<br><span class="sg"><br>Mark<br>
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