http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&feed=atom&action=history 2013-05-20T05:55:25Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.20.2 http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1979117&oldid=prev 2013-01-09T01:54:29Z

<p>WT Press not active anymore</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 01:54, 9 January 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 61:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 61:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Wikitravel:Article status]] - A higher status generally indicates better quality information, although not always.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Wikitravel:Article status]] - A higher status generally indicates better quality information, although not always.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Wikitravel:Docents]] - Docents tend to watch over articles and can answer questions.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Wikitravel:Docents]] - Docents tend to watch over articles and can answer questions.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Wikitravel:Wikitravel Press]] - Articles that are used for Wikitravel Press books tend to be frequently reviewed by the book editors.</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[:Template:Title-icons]] - Used to display icons for star status, could be used for other reliability-related communication.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[:Template:Title-icons]] - Used to display icons for star status, could be used for other reliability-related communication.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table>

IBAlex http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1896200&oldid=prev 2012-07-11T20:49:32Z

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Wrh2 http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1878943&oldid=prev 2012-05-30T13:06:34Z

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Jc8136 http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1878912&oldid=prev 2012-05-30T11:19:17Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 11:19, 30 May 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 72:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 72:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>TBD</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>TBD</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{WikitravelDoc|expeditions}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== External Resources ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{WikitravelDoc</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">expeditions}}</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''[http://www.bizplancorner.com/ Business Plan Writer] </ins>| <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://www.bizplancorner.com/articles/22/business-plan-writers.aspx Business Plan Writers] | [http://www.bizplancorner.com/articles/1/business_plan_writing_service.aspx Business Plan Writing Service] | [http://www.bizplancorner.com/articles/24/business-plan-service.aspx Business Plan Service]'''</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Andrewsmart212 http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1740437&oldid=prev 2011-08-26T04:37:26Z

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Wrh2 http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1739789&oldid=prev 2011-08-25T00:33:24Z

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Wrh2 http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1739775&oldid=prev 2011-08-25T00:12:06Z

<p>expand</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 00:12, 25 August 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Started per </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Pub#businesses self</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">adding listings</del>]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Reliability Expedition is a Wikitravel </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Wikitravel:Expeditions|Expedition]] to find ways to improve the reliability of information on Wikitravel.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; 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Wrh2 http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Wikitravel:Business_listings_reliability_Expedition&diff=1739744&oldid=prev 2011-08-24T23:07:19Z

<p>New page: Started per <a href="/en/Pub#businesses_self-adding_listings" class="mw-redirect" title="Pub">Pub#businesses self-adding listings</a>. ==Goals== To brainstorm and implement ways to make Wikitravel listings more reliable.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Started per [[Pub#businesses self-adding listings]].<br /> <br /> ==Goals==<br /> To brainstorm and implement ways to make Wikitravel listings more reliable.</div>

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