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There are 34,867 registered users, 33 active administrators (1 in 1,056), 3 active bureaucrats and 4 CheckUsers. Judging by the number of votes cast in the most crucial decisions, the number of the most active users lies a little below 100. On the IRC channel, there are typically over 60 nicks online
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The Finnish Knowledge processes are heavily based on pure voting, though discussion and consensus decision-making are in general favoured and encouraged in policy issues. Article deletion requires 70 per cent support, undeletion, featured article selection and adminship 80 per cent. Naming policy is
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The meaning of administratorship has recently been under discussion. A policy of removing the privileges of inactive administrators was approved. There is much disagreement about the number of edits one should have before applying, and also about how many administrators the project really needs. In
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Remember mention something about page protection policy on the next Finnish Knowledge Signpost. Page protection "cool down" periods are way too long, even months, mainly because lazy administrators. There's also unofficial policy to semi-protect pages as a preemptive measure against vandalism and
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images are allowed whenever the image is integral to the article and no free alternatives can be obtained. Usually such images fall into predefined categories, such as logos and album covers. This strict policy is based on Finnish copyright law, and forbids, for example, fair use images of
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Yeah these are great. Does anyone think that the nav box to existing interwiki reports should be restored? Should signpost articles be categorized? I think an interwiki category would be nice. -
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Just wanted to drop a line that, about halfway through this article, I realized that I was enjoying it thoroughly. Nice job by the writers for getting through the feel of another Knowledge. -
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that sparked so much controversy in the English and some other Knowledge's language versions is regulated in the Finnish Knowledge so that only project-related userboxes are permitted.
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The Finnish Knowledge has been increasingly featured in the media, mainly in the print media and on the radio. The monthly supplement of the largest Finnish newspaper,
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The blocking policy of the project is quite liberal, and can be summarized by a phrase: "usually less than 30 days". As the Finnish Knowledge has no
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therefore they might be semi-protected for something about half or more years. And next time please inform more ppl about these funny reports. --
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and its relation to the deletion process perpetually raises opposition. Current policy says that obvious non-notability is a criterion for a
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what we all have in common: our human shortcomings, ultimately fuelled (I reckon) by deep-seated selfishness and fear.</heavy: -->
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published recently a rather large article on the Finnish Knowledge and interviewed ten users. Nearly all newspapers published by
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In the past, some of the more memorable controversies have included: a lengthy discussion on the correct spelling of
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based on individual community-approved dictionaries; approval and conflict resolution is accomplished by a vote.
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was set up to guess the date when 100,000 articles will be reached. The median guess date is 26 January, 2007.
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languages are spoken or have been spoken, has been under fierce debate. As Finland has a complex history with
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addition, the existence of the infamous "Administrator Cabal" has been occasionally conjectured.
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I think it's sad to see that these problems are intercultural. ::sighs:: —
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celebrities. It is strongly recommended that images are uploaded to the
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I enjoyed reading this another-Knowledge profile. Thanks!
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has 82,938 articles, of which 84 articles belong to
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