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Yurt it up!

Исэнмесез! Привет! Merhaba!

السلام عليكم 

你好. Hola! Hello!

How is everyone? Come in, have a seat.

Projects and Specializations

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Projects:


Skills:

- Translation/copyediting of articles from the Russian Wikipedia or other Russian sources.


My views on Wikipedia. A goal, not a process.

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Aristotle tutors Alexander. "The wise see knowledge and action as one: They see truly. Take either path and tred it to the end: The end is the same. There the followers of action meet the seekers after knowledge in equal freedom...the lotus leaf rests unwetted on water." Lord Krishna from the Bhagavad Gita, V. "The Yoga of Renunciation".

I am an advocate for Wikipedia as a goal, not a process. The whole project is an experiment. Can we do it? Can the world create, almost spontaneously, a free-to-use un-biased encyclopedia? Like all experiments it has to reach an endpoint so it can be evaluated. It has to be evaluated a success or failure at some point. This is beginning to happen now if we like it or not.

I think it's time more contributors and administrators think about Wikipedia as a goal-oriented project. And that we shift focus from endless contributions and quantity to selective contribution AND quality. This many mean locking or restricting access to more articles so the quality continues to build. Even having guest experts (e.g. academics or scholars from around the globe) contribute to certain star articles that can only be edited by vetted contributors, might be great publicity for the project. Imagine Iranian imams (maybe al-Sistani?) writing the mullah or fatwa articles or Kevin Mitnick writing the hacker article. It could be cool. And it could make Wikipedia a much richer, more respected tool. --Thadswanek 22:59, 7 February 2006 (UTC)