WikipediaLots of talk about donating money, which is great, but donating time is equally as impactful — we always need more editors, and it's these volunteers who create and curate our content! 
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Jonas Boström@wikipedia I've done it a bit in the past but not that much anymore. The culture is not that welcoming always. The last times I've tried to create new articles I've had to spend more time explaining to other editors why they are relevant, than actually writing the article.
Ingo Wichmann@Jonas_Bostrom @wikipedia I've put a lot of effort in researching and writing this: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Ingo_Wichmann/Open_Source_Business_Alliance
It got deleted by one admin multiple times, and I can't get why.
I didn't find another instance that can explain that to me.
Small changes usually get through. So I won't invest more time .
Philip Burggraf@ingo_wichmann @Jonas_Bostrom @wikipedia Newly added articles to the german Wikipedia are deleted fairly often with the remark „keine Relevanz“ even if the article itself brings a lot of value and was written with a lot of effort.
This was/is a common problem of the german Wikipedia and exists for more than 10 years …
Other languages does not have this problem tho
This was/is a common problem of the german Wikipedia and exists for more than 10 years …
Other languages does not have this problem tho
Adam@ingo_wichmann @Jonas_Bostrom @wikipedia
Pretty sure other languages also have this problem, tho maybe its more common on German Wikipedia, I don't know
https://mastodon.social/@naught101/113716353256293321
https://www.businessinsider.com/wikipedia-rejected-donna-strickland-entry-before-nobel-prize-2018-10
Wikipedia rejected Donna Strickland entry before she won Nobel Prize
Dr. Donna Strickland jointly won the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday, but she did not have a Wikipedia page until then. Strickland won the 2018 prize for breakthroughs in the field of lasers, becoming the third woman to receive the honor. But in May, a Wikipedia entry for her was rejected.
@adamsaidsomething It does exist on other languages as well. I've created new articles that's been nominated for deletion or moved to draft space within two hours by people that later admitted that they know nothing about the subject. Forcing me to spend a lot of time on trying to explain the relevance.
But both pages still exist today so obviously they were relevant. @ingo_wichmann @wikipedia
Derk-Jan 💙💛🇺🇦@Jonas_Bostrom @adamsaidsomething @ingo_wichmann @wikipedia i have not looked into these cases.
But in general I would say, that many people dive into writing an article way too quickly. Unless you have edited about a 200+ articles, most people should probably not sink their teeth into an entirely new article just yet.
But in general I would say, that many people dive into writing an article way too quickly. Unless you have edited about a 200+ articles, most people should probably not sink their teeth into an entirely new article just yet.
@TheDJ I currently have done around 900 edits on Wikipedia, it was a bit fewer when I made those articles, but still well over 200. And both articles where individuals that showed up as red links in many articles.
But that didn't prevent people that did not know anything about the subject to try to stop me.
@TheDJ @wikipedia OK, you did not look into these cases. But you comment anyway.
Is 299 (non-anonymous) Edits since 2004 ok for you?
Is 299 (non-anonymous) Edits since 2004 ok for you?