Wikipedia:Peer review/Sense of community/archive1

Sense of community edit

This reference article with substantial inline citations and corresponding "References" section has already been called well-writen. The treatment is very complete given its narrow focus, but the implications of its contents go far beyond this, and would seem to make a contribution both for the much larger topic of community as well as for what it can offer Wikipedia communities (i.e., Wikipedia:Wikipedians, Wikipedia:WikiProject Community, Wikipedia:Esperanza, etc.) in terms of practical application. "Featured article" status might make these contents more widely available to those who would benefit from it (but who might not be aware of it otherwise). --Do c t or W 23:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The topic Community itself is quite broad and the sense of community seems to zoom in on the psycho-social aspects. Portal:Community could contain a whole reference for an expansive treatment of the topic as suggested by WikiProject Community. As for the sense of community amonst the Wikipedians, maybe this request for peer review might trigger some enthusiasm toward understanding Wikipedia - the Community. -- CQ 08:19, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It reads and looks like something between an essay and a report. It could benefit by being formatted more like other scientific FAs (and this works cited section). Specifically, if the writing style was more prose-like it would not need the internal links (like #Membership), bolding or the repeated lists. The current writing style is similar to a short academic paper which focuses more on what researchers think about the subject rather than the subject itself. This makes for poor flow and low user accessibility. This subject is huge so I hope it becomes more comprehensive. I was a little disappointed the article did not mention anything about social geography. Try finding examples of good and bad 'sense of community' and analyzing what went right and what went wrong. For example, the urban quality of life aspect. --maclean25 11:42, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]