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Re: enhanced wikipedia page
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Landis Arnold
Dropping back into this. Seemed there was another start on this a few years back now. Is there a start page now. I'd like to follow and help as I may be able.
Long time user.
Landis Arnold
Boulder Colo.
Long time user.
Landis Arnold
Boulder Colo.
From: Xavier Brochard <zeroheure@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 11:17 AM
To: Contributors
Subject: Re: enhanced wikipedia page
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 11:17 AM
To: Contributors
Subject: Re: enhanced wikipedia page
I'm ok. Let's start! I suggest we use your draft, it is far neutral than mine.. I will add references from the various Odoo books. Xavier Le samedi 27 janvier 2018, 13:53:54 CET Tom Blauwendraat a écrit : > Hi all, > > I think Eric's suggestion is very good for the long term, but: > 1) Currently we don't even have a Wikipedia page, I think at least a small > one is possible with the references we can muster now > 2) Other Wikipedia pages eg. the one from Apache Foundation don't use any > references to mainstream media, most are references to documents they host > themselves. So I think Wikipedia is trying to uphold a higher standard for > new articles as compared to articles that are already there. > > My proposal is to change strategy: we submit a very small (one or two > sentences/paragraphs) basic article with the few solid references we have > (books, OCA charter) etc. > Then, when it gets accepted, we slowly add sentences, one by one, on it. So > it will be managable for the volunteers, like, just do one sentence when > you feel you have the energy... plus it's not that demotivating to see your > whole text rejected as a whole. > > I would be willing to submit the first sentence - Xavier maybe after that > you can add the second? Any other willing to help? > > Tom > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Xavier Brochard <zeroheure@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > I would like to help about writing general presentation. I already do that > > in french to introduce OCA to friends. It will also help me to understand > > what OCA do which is not allways clear from website. > > > > Regards > > Xavier Brochard > > (Please CC me as I'm not an OCA member) > > > > Le 13 janvier 2018, Elico Corp, Eric Caudal has writed : > > > Hi, > > > This is something that we need to fix at board level with better > > > coordinated> > > PR actions. > > > > > We have hired a new General Secretary (Rebecca Gellatly) to help the > > > board > > > > in the daily tasks and this might be a good opportunity to start spreading > > the good word. > > > > > We should write articles (as neutral as possible) that we should propose > > > to > > > > Internet magazines. > > > > > I do not want to hijack roles (Daniel Reis and Dave Lasley are > > > responsible > > > > of marketing and Communication) but it wouldnot hurt if some volunteers > > could write general presentation (like the one for Wikipedia) or > > dedicated article and others to list potential general magazines or > > expert reviews where we could post them. > > > > > It will take probably a year or 2 before we get a "reputation" on the > > > > Internet so that we can safely post on Wikipedia. > > > > > Your thoughts? > > > -- > > > Eric Caudal [Founder and CEO] > > > > > > Le vendredi 12 janvier 2018, 18:03:19 CET Tom Blauwendraat a écrit : > > > There seem to be really few sources available, so that's an issue. > > > > > > I do think we can refer to newspaper articles in other languages though > > > - > > > so maybe there has been some coverage in Belgian, French, Spanish or > > > Dutch > > > newspapers? > > > Also perhaps we can refer to the Odoo books, if OCA is mentioned in > > > them. > > > Books are reputable sources of information. > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:32 PM, Xavier Brochard <zeroheure@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > The draft was rejected again by Wikipedia (Tom's improvement were not > > > > yet > > > > on wikipedia). The main reason is notability and reference. > > > > The reviewer left me this additional comment : > > > > "References to blogs and niche online sources do not constitute > > > > widespread > > > > media coverage." > > > > So we need better references. I have some from CNET and ZDNET but in > > > > french > > > > only. > > > > > > > > Xavier > > Unsubscribe: https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe
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