WhoWeAre:Stage2Status/Patty42
NotYet , because while you attempt to say who you are,as a wiki, you fail to say why you are, or the purpose. This leaves the reasons why we should participate unclear. eg. Wikipedia we know is an encylopedia so if we need to look up information we go there, wikiHow is a place where people look to find out how to do things. It is unclear, as to the actual purpose of AboutUs is. Why should we join, what will we be acheiving, how will we help others by volunteering. Somehow this information is left out or unclear. Patty42 08:14, 15 November 2007 (PST)
- Since posting my first thoughts I am still trying to figure out the why. From what I have been able to conclude is, that About Us is to the businesses and corporations, as wikiTravel is to Travel, and wikiPedia is to information. Businesses will prosper and corporations and the stockholders will gain financially. This then is what I am taking away from reading what our main purpose is. So how do the people gain from the work of the many contributors ? I guess what I am inquiring about is whether or not my conclusions are correct, or am I still missing something - the why Patty42 20:21, 30 November 2007 (PST)
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- It seems as if the only ones that are voting Yes, are those that work and get paid for their work on Aboutus. As I read once more, the vision, it is as unclear to almost everyone contributing, execept those who are employed on this site. Your vision still has not been clarified, as to whywould volunteers want to work on this site. Just to make business and corporations have their web sites noticed??? which in fact would be a financial gain for them. What would those contributing gain from this. This is the vision that needs to be clarified, and the goal. Where is Aboutus going, and for what reason. So we have the why, where, 'how and most importantly the WHY not clarified. I am still not convinced and I fear others are not either.Patty | talk 09:07, 11 December 2007 (PST)
- Since posting my first thoughts I am still trying to figure out the why. From what I have been able to conclude is, that About Us is to the businesses and corporations, as wikiTravel is to Travel, and wikiPedia is to information. Businesses will prosper and corporations and the stockholders will gain financially. This then is what I am taking away from reading what our main purpose is. So how do the people gain from the work of the many contributors ? I guess what I am inquiring about is whether or not my conclusions are correct, or am I still missing something - the why Patty42 20:21, 30 November 2007 (PST)
- Received your message, and yes I am looking for why?
- Why do we want to create web sites FOR real web sites.
- What is the purpose. As I mentioned, wikipedia ...the purpose is creating more information for others to read
- wikiTravel, is setting up a travel site, so people can know how to get around in the places they are going to travel to.
- What about this site. What is the purpose. I am quite familiar with a wiki, and have contributed to quite a few, so I am far from a newbie.
- thanks for the explanation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Patty42 (talk • contribs) .
Hi Patty, this conversation is really right on. I appreciate your energy. Why do we want to create a wiki page for every website on the internet. Good question. As a wiki person have you ever wanted to write something to someone / website but their site was not friendly to do that at, or you had to send it via email and you wanted it to be open and public? One of the reasons I like the idea of a wiki page for every website is it harkens back to the creation of the web idea in the 1950's - a read / write medium. My attempt to help clarify this for all of us. MarkDilley
- Hi Mark! I'd like to encourage you to make sure this clarification gets into the actual document, so we all can benefit from this thinking. TedErnst (talk) 06:06, 21 November 2007 (PST)
Patty, I took the liberty of moving your new status comment here. I left the old one because I wasn't sure if the two need to stand together. Feel free to edit more, of course. As for your actual substance, the lack of answer from others is mostly because the story isn't yet entirely coherent. I'll give it a try for myself in the next day or two. You'll notice I'm still a NotYet myself. TedErnst (talk) 02:07, 1 December 2007 (PST)
