Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-31/Dispatches

Inline queries

This is a very good start: I left some inline queries to be resolved. Once a sample is added (including a free image), it looks almost ready to go. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I have tried to link and reword. You may want to see what I did (or attempted to do). Spencer^T♦C 01:31, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Excellent. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Wording

"There is no head ITN administrator, and lack of administrative help has sometimes been an issue at ITN."

I'm uncomfortable with the choice of words in this sentence: it implies that this activity is in need of someone with the Admin bit to run it. Not having an Admin bit does not mean one is unqualified to be a leader on Wikipedia. Perhaps this should be reworded to say:

"There is no organized group managing ITN, and lack of a coordinator has sometimes been an issue at ITN."

(Or maybe "no formal group managing".) -- llywrch (talk) 18:38, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Hm...before I was an admin, there were not really issues...we had articles ready with a consensus that were just sitting at WP:ITN/C and there were errors on the template that weren't being fixed. In your suggestion, if the coordinator was a non-admin, that wouldn't really help any of the above situations if there aren't any admins around to make the changes. At one point, I recall users having to post at WP:AN for help requests. Spencer^T♦C 22:09, 6 February 2009 (UTC)