Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly/Episode 01

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Our first skypecast has finished. It was erudite, pithy, piercing and insightful. The skypecast is available in several sections below. The first bit of the first ever NotTheWikipediaWeekly ...in which the concept of NotTheWikipediaWeekly is introduced, Wikimania is discussed, and we move on to the recent scandals surrounding Jimbo, Rachel Marsden, and Danny Wool's assertions... The second bit of the first ever NotTheWikipediaWeekly ...in which we continue discussion of scandal and unrest, and move to to a chat with the WP:FA Director.... The third bit of the first ever NotTheWikipediaWeekly ...in which discussions of the nature of WP:FA and its processes continue, including the possibility of more FAs on the main page. We move on to discuss WP:RfB... The fourth bit of the first ever NotTheWikipediaWeekly ...in which Wikipedia's ability to learn from its mistakes, and its tendency to avoid instrospection is discussed, before the curtain falls on a discourse which will no doubt in the fullness of time come to be seen as seminal... Problems playing the files? See media help.

[edit] Date and Time

March 4th, 2008 at 1am UTC - total time was a little over 50 minutes.

[edit] Topics

• What's this all about then? - the aims of NotTheWikipediaWeekly

• Wikimania 2008

• Scandal from the Valley(wag) - Jimbo a Himbo?

• Wikimedia Foundation News

• Audit released
• Allegations of expense impropriety from Danny, Wikipedian and ex-employee.

• A Chat with the FA Director

• Discussion of the process and scalability thereof
• How the wiki process effects FA quality articles
• Stable revisions - what they might be, and are they any good?

• A rush on WP:RfB

• New Blogs on the Block

• Danny Wool and User:Lar have recently started blogs... how's about that!

• An interesting proposal from User:Bstone

[edit] Participants

You've been listening to the following wiki editors talk about stuff......

• User:Messedrocker
• User:Privatemusings
• User:Bstone

Special Guest

• User:Raul654, English Wikipedia Featured Article Director