[WikiEN-l] Somebody must correct this

2011-02-20 Thread michael west
How on earth can we have an un-sourced article on the founder of the PPP? The whole article is outlandish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto a complete re-write of history, anybody with any knowledge on Pakistan help me correct it? ___

Re: [WikiEN-l] Somebody must correct this

2011-02-20 Thread michael west
On 20 February 2011 19:52, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 February 2011 19:45, michael west michaw...@gmail.com wrote: How on earth can we have an un-sourced article on the founder of the PPP? The whole article is outlandish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [WikiEN-l] Announcement: Survey study on the categorization of contributors to Wikipedia

2011-02-14 Thread michael west
On 13 February 2011 16:47, Jeroen Kleijn jeroenkl...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I'm a Master student and currently busy with my thesis concerning Wikipedia. This survey is part of a Master Thesis research project which investigates the effects of the increasing participation at reliability

Re: [WikiEN-l] Kafkaesque story on the English Wikipedia

2010-08-30 Thread michael west
This mailing list is easily googled and and I think words like bullshit just casts a very bad cloud over who we appoint as administrators on the project. Whether or not it was cross posted is not of initial concern, we should be more constructive and direct the user to the appropriate method of

[WikiEN-l] BBC Radio 4 - Start The Week (Cross Post with en-wikiL and wikimediaukL)

2009-12-14 Thread michael west
Andrew Dalby on the warts and all of Wikipedia - Should be available on podcast 14/12/09 9am (UTC) UK only http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p87qw ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Online Newspapers Considering Subscription Model

2009-08-07 Thread michael west
We cite books which aren't available online and in some cases out of print. I don't see the problem. On 07/08/2009, Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com wrote: This is still up in the air but it has been mentioned on UK television news in various contexts recently: because the business model of free

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia and indecent content

2008-12-23 Thread michael west
Wikipedia is censored (just ask the 2500 rc patrolers on any given hour). There was lengthy debate about another picture, a naked girl on bike used in the article nudism and managed to hold on despite several deletions. My own point of view is that nude pix of kids is best left for your mother to

Re: [WikiEN-l] Embedding objects

2008-12-15 Thread michael west
I dont understand is this some kind of xmas joke? ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l