My complaint isn't about that stuff. I didn't post all of that. I'm actually happy about what happened to my post, because it will give me a chance to highlight why Wiki is not a source.
I added to the Asbury Park Wiki, under "Noteable Residents" Edna Woolman Chase, the editor of Vogue who was born in AP. When you add someone to the list, you are supposed to link to a source to prove your assertion. I linked to the Woolman family's website, to the page they keep about Edna, which contains a quote from her wherein she talks of being born in Asbury Park. Straight from the horse's mouth. It wasn't long before someone came along and changed my link. The link was changed from the family's website to a Wiki about Edna Woolman Chase. So I inquired of the guy why he made the change. Here is what he told me: It is Wiki policy that you should always first link to another Wiki if it exists, as opposed to an external link. Now, the Wiki link about Edna - doesn't even say she is from Asbury Park. Since the purpose of the link is to prove she is from Asbury Park, isn't mine better? Ready to complete the circle? At the bottom of the Wiki about Edna is the very link I used from her family's website. This highlights what is wrong with Wiki - they expect that in the end the source of "proof" for one Wiki will be - another Wiki, not the actual source material. They want to interpose Wiki between the reader and the source, as if Wiki is itself a source. it isn't. If I'm going to give Wiki any due at all, maybe it will be a good "source agregator." But a source itself? It can't be, no matter how hard they try. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" > <justifiedright@> wrote: > > > > Thanks, but my entry was immediately altered by a Wiki-Nazi, just > > like I said would happen. > > > > It's still there, but with a link he prefered instead of the one I > > provided. > > > > > You used the N word again despite complaining about its use in the past. > > http://tinyurl.com/yqnsl3 > > The link above will show you a comparison of the wiki AP page the way > you had it and the way it is now. What's the beef? The biggest change > is that thye updated census statistics from 2005 to 2006, added > birth/death dates to notable APers and added some things. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
