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A problem with any large collaborative effort is knowing what is going on. Wikipedia has two...
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A problem with any large collaborative effort is knowing what is going on. Wikipedia has two features that help with that. I think both of these features are important for Freebase to implement
early on, as they help draw people into involvement and then help keep
them involved.
The first is Recent Changes. It is a link available in the
sidebar of pretty much every page on the site. It shows the last 50
changes to Wikipedia, and includes:Article title Change timestamp Who made the changeArticle section (if applicable)Size of change (in bytes)User-entered edit description Whether the change was minor done by a bot a new page And links to a diff with previous the page history the changer's user page discussion page change historyLooking at this is a great way to get a feel for what is going on, and what the hot topics are. It's also how editors focused on quality control keep an eye on things; see Wikipedia's Recent Changes Patrol for more info.The other is My Watchlist. it's basically a user-specific version of Recent Changes. Any article you select can be put on your watchlist with one click, and any article you edit or comment on is automatically put on your watchlist. A serious Wikipedia editor checks their watchlist on a regular basis so that they can quickly stay on top of all the things that matter to them.
early on, as they help draw people into involvement and then help keep
them involved.
The first is Recent Changes. It is a link available in the
sidebar of pretty much every page on the site. It shows the last 50
changes to Wikipedia, and includes:Article title Change timestamp Who made the changeArticle section (if applicable)Size of change (in bytes)User-entered edit description Whether the change was minor done by a bot a new page And links to a diff with previous the page history the changer's user page discussion page change historyLooking at this is a great way to get a feel for what is going on, and what the hot topics are. It's also how editors focused on quality control keep an eye on things; see Wikipedia's Recent Changes Patrol for more info.The other is My Watchlist. it's basically a user-specific version of Recent Changes. Any article you select can be put on your watchlist with one click, and any article you edit or comment on is automatically put on your watchlist. A serious Wikipedia editor checks their watchlist on a regular basis so that they can quickly stay on top of all the things that matter to them.
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