Wikipedia talk: Why Wikipedia is not so great

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What, no talk about? re: history logs, I believe that I've got archives of edits which are no longer reflected in the history logs. How long to logs last for? ~ender 2003-04-03 02:10

"Why Wikipedia is not so great" has some very valid points. I am not sure if some actions have been taken to address the issues raised. Some suggestions I have are:

• 1. Implement a review system to review the contents before a page can be published. Something like if a page passed a couple of positive reviews (determined by the author or site owner), the page can be published.
• 2. Create a Credit profile for each editor or registered user like what EBay do to its sellers and buyers. Editors with the higher positive review points (credits) will have more power (less or no review needed) to contribute to Wikipedia.

Doing the above will improve the quality of Wikipedia and raise the bar for "bad" contributions. ~gchan

Problems with this page.

The problem with this page is that very little evidence is given, and that there is no emphasis on trying to solve the problems with wikipedia. I propose a new page, called Wikipedia:Unsolved Problems. In that page, Each problem should be listed, along with links to examples in Wikipedia. Then, suggestions for how to solve the problems could be offered. Jrincayc 14:02, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

tulips

'Too much nonsense is added that sounds as if the author had taken LSD, peyote, or psilocybin. For example, "Mommy Tulips live in the Philippine Islands. Many baby tulips sprout from her. For more information, please e-mail us at [email here]". What's that about?'

from what article is/was this excerpt? ✈ James C. 18:05, 2004 Jul 26 (UTC)

Lets rename the page

I propose that this page is renamed to Wikipedia: Unsolved Problems, to emphasize the fact that these are problems that need to be solved, rather than unsolveable permanent problems. Jrincayc 02:31, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

• Great idea. I suggest you do it right away. TrollQueen 07:18, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Done. Jrincayc 14:08, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Not such a great idea, I moved it back. For one thing, these are not necessarily problems that anyone is trying to solve, for another this particular title is mentioned in several print publications. I would expect an "unsolved problems" page to be more of a serious discussion of problems, not the random rants found on this page. Why not clone this page, edit out the sillier stuff, and link to it from here? Stan 15:10, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I think that the thing to do with this page is to remove the links to it and allow it to molder away like the back issues of People at a public library. It is out of date, and though an important historical artifact, not especially relevant today. I can think of a number of problems and challenges that Wikipedia faces that aren't mentioned, and some of the things in the essay have turned out to be unimportant. uc 15:46, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)