Talk:National Capital FreeNet
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- Ahunt (talk) 13:36, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
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This article is nowhere near GA. It needs copyediting, (spelling and grammar errors, which $ etc), does not conform to MOS or GA guidelines, and is not properly referenced to independent sources. Most refs are to the company site or are written by ex-employees. The TV clips referenced are to claims made by company managers. Not actually that far from being spam. There is no point giving this time for improvement, it needs rewriting from scratch, following GA/MoS guidelines, and with independent verifiable references. Jimfbleak (talk) 08:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Jim: Thank you for your thoughtful and insightful critique of this article. Obviously you have found flaws with it that other editors working on this article have missed. I note that you mention things like spelling mistakes - I guess my spelling skills are lacking, because I haven't been able to identify any, although I did find, and correct, one grammar error. Perhaps you can point them out, or better yet correct them? You do mention that the article doesn't comply with the MOS, but it does seem to comply with some aspects of it, but perhaps not others? Perhaps you can be a bit more specific in that regard so it can be fixed? You are quite correct in that it needs more independent sources. I will see if I can locate some more. For one, I am glad to have someone of your capabilities helping out in fixing this article and look forward to your participation in making it better. - Ahunt (talk) 12:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Translate the NCF page in French
How can we translate the page in French ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.166.249 (talk) 02:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
- This is the English Wikipedia, the French version of this article wouldn't appear here, it would be on fr.wikipedia.org. - Ahunt (talk) 12:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
User studies done in 1994 capture some early history
In 1994, I did a series of studies about NCF users and their use of the system. This research was reported in a 3 published papers and a number of presentations. These might be valuable for capturing some of the early history and impact of the service.
Patrick, A.S. (1997). Media lessons from the National Capital FreeNet. Communications of the ACM, 40(7), 74-80. http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/cv/cacm.pdf
Patrick, A.S., & Black, A. (1997). Who is going online? Results from the National Capital FreeNet. Internet Research, 7(4), 305-319. http://www.andrewpatrick.ca/cv/internet_research.pdf
Patrick, A.S., Black, A., & Whalen, T.E. (1995). Rich, young, male, dissatisfied computer geeks? Demographics and satisfaction from the National Capital FreeNet. In D. Godfrey & M. Levy (Eds.), Proceedings of Telecommunities 95: The International Community Networking Conference (pp. 83-107). Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Telecommunities Canada. http://www.tc.ca/archive/PROCEED/ch7.htm
Andrew Patrick (aa118)
76.10.137.68 (talk) 01:42, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for posting those! I have read them all and they are still of interest today. I will add them as links to the article. - Ahunt (talk) 21:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC)