== Richard H. Karpinski 1941-20?? == 

 === Ideas to make Wikipedia even better === 

 Let's improve access to knowledge. 
 * Make links more self explanatory. 
 * Add folksy commentary about each link. 
 * Add "portion and outline" in rollover message. 

 Let's make these pages more informative. 
 * Add more metadata for context and meaning. 
 * Make more associations conveniently available. 
 * Add conventional sections to discussion/talk/meta pages  
 ** Checklists, current projects, open questions 

 Let's notice what people do. 
 * Edit the wrong page. 
 * Choose confusing words. 
 * Choose clumsy constructions. 

 * Let's give the best result we can arrange. 
 ** Provide checklists. 
 ** Provide automated review on request. 
 ** Provide convenient appropriate next step choices. 

 === Basic Questions === 

 Are any of these good goals? Leave a note here. 
 * Inviting YOU to make notes here. 
 * How could you tell if a goal is good? 
 * What goals do these people share? 

 Where are Wikipedia goals discussed? 
 * Is there a Mission Statement for Wikipedia? 
 * How are policies evaluated? 
 * How are policies enforced? 

 Where are Wikipedia practices or Wikipedia best practices discussed? 
 * What constitutes going too far? 
 * What belongs elsewhere? 
 * What questions do we avoid asking? 
 * What forms of information do we encourage? 
 * How introspective and self referential should Wikipedia be? 

 What are the popular generic questions? 
 * Statistics of page popularity are easy to gather. 
 * Establish a question category and generic sub-category. 
 * What words and meanings are popular in links from here? 
 * What kinds of searches are convenient and useful? 
 * What searches were popular recently? 

 What are good goals in general? 
 * What could anyone possibly put on this page? 
 * How good is each goal why? 
 * What is the utility of good goals? 

 Are there good patterns for improvement? 
 * What have people suggested? 
 * What have people tried? 
 * Ehat have people evaluated? 

 === Other peoples notes === 

 Dick Karpinski  - - - - Leave notes here, if you like. 

 === Personal data === 

 My current project: 
 * Make cell phones that are easy to learn and use. 

 My current interests: 
 * Wikis everywhere. 
 * Understanding current politics. 
 * Advancing science. 
 * Advancing technologies. 
 * Improving efficiency. 
 * Improving educational opportunities. 
 * Having fun every hour. (Not necessarily ON the hour.) 
 * Having great sex. (Not necessarily ON the hour.) 
 * Being generically provocative. 

 === My open questions === 

 Any comments?