RE: [ha-Safran]: Volunteer Librarian-Writers Needed - Wikipedia
Dear Dan & safranim, --- "Rettberg, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve-- > I truly appreciate your concern, and understand your > point about this being > an opportunity for good. However, assuming that > these sites can in fact be > changed by anyone at anytime, how long are they > likely to remain as we leave > them? That's an excellent question, Dan. Unfortunately, it has no simple answer. This is where the comment I made about "periodically monitoring" specific entries in the Wikipedia comes into play. I don't really think it's even a question of how often an entry will be "corrupted" because that is an unknown variable. It's more a question of how often a "correct" version will be in the Wikipeda, how often an entry is properly updated. That variable is dependent on the number of people monitoring an entry and the frequency of the monitoring. For example, if 24 AJL-ers were to volunteer to each look up the "Association of Jewish Libraries" entry at the top of the hour (each choosing a different hour), then we would know that the entry was correct at least once every hour. Another factor is probability. I don't think that the entry for "Association of Jewish Libraries" is likely at all to be a victim of frequent vandalism. I doubt it will get "vandalized" at all. I also don't think that AJL is political or controversial enough for the entry to be challenged as factually incorrect or biased. In Wikipedia, by the way, no articles are labelled "biased" or "factually incorrect", but the accusations that they "may be" (which is listed at the top of the article) can be just as bad. If one of us were to become an "Administrator" at Wikipedia, we could (theoretically) "lock" certain entries. Locking an entry prevents people from editing it, but it is (as far as I understand it) used rarely and only for short periods of time. Also, in Wikipedia, a history of challenges made is kept (indefinitely) in the "talk" section for an article. A list of changes that have been made since the article was first written is also kept indefinitely (which is also helpful for reverting articles back to their original content). Personally, I find the "Talk" and "Page History" sections to be as interesting --- and often MORE interesting --- than the current version of the article itself. Examples of the more relevant (for AJL-ers) challenged and modified articles include : Anti-Zionism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anti-Zionism Deir Yassin massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Deir_Yassin_massacre First Intifada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:First_Intifada History of Israel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_Israel Israeli terrorism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Israeli_terrorism Israelis and anti-Palestinian racism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Israelis_and_anti-Palestinian_racism Jenin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jenin Menachem Mendel Schneerson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson West Bank http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:West_Bank White Supremacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:White_supremacy Zionism and racism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Slogan_%27Zionism_is_racism%27 Zionist conspiracy theories regarding the September 11, 2001 attacks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zionist_conspiracy_theories_regarding_the_September_11%2C_2001_attacks Zyklon B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zyklon_B (I was apparently the most recent modifier of this article and am keeping it on my Watchlist) === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
[ha-Safran]: plays from I.B. Singer
If it's Singer who wrote the story, "Yentl, The Yeshiva Boy," that story was adapted into a play by him and Leah Napolin, just called "Yentl." But maybe I'm mistaken and Singer wasn't the author. Mo`adim le-simchah! -Stanley Nachamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
RE: [ha-Safran]: Hotel rates for Convention
To those who have difficulties paying the hotel triple in one room. You only sleep in the room and it works out OK Amalia ___ Amalia Warshenbrot, Librarian Speizman Jewish Library 5007 Providence Road Charlotte, NC 28226 (ph) 704-944-6763 or 704-366-5007 (fax) 704-944-6766 (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: Author Dara Horn visit
Dara Horn, author of In the Image, will be visiting Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT, on Friday, April 16 at 7:30 pm. Rabbi Stephen Fuchs will review her novel at services and we discuss the book with her at the Oneg. If you are in the area, please come and join us! Jane Zande Congregation Beth Israel West Hartford, CT == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
RE: [ha-Safran]: Volunteer Librarian-Writers Needed - Wikipedia
Steve-- I truly appreciate your concern, and understand your point about this being an opportunity for good. However, assuming that these sites can in fact be changed by anyone at anytime, how long are they likely to remain as we leave them? Dan Rettberg Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati, Ohio [EMAIL PROTECTED] == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: British Library Add Ms 11639 - The North French
Miscellany X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN The long awaited facsimile and extensive commentary volume is now available. For more details and comments by The British Library, please click on www.facsimile-editions.com/nf_page.htm or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further information including payment plans for libraries. All good wishes, Linda Falter == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: Wikipedia addresses
I now realize that, in my haste to send my message out, I forgot to list the website addresses for Wikipedia. I list some of them below. English Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/ Hebrew Wikipedia : http://he.wikipedia.org/ Yiddish Wikipedia : http://yi.wikipedia.org Association of Jewish Libraries entry : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Jewish_Libraries editing page for Association of Jewish Libraries entry : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Association_of_Jewish_Libraries&action=edit to create a new entry for, e.g. "Kathy Kacer", use an address similar to the following : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Kathy_Kacer&action=edit __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
[ha-Safran]: New Book
New Book Carved in Granite: Holocaust Memorials in Metropolitan New York Cemeteries, by Rabbi Alvin M. Poplack. New York: Jay Street Publishers, 2003. 179 p. illustrated. Order from: Strauss Holocaust Memorial Fund 900 South State Road 7, Plantation, FL 33317 Price per copy: 19.95 hard cover, 16.95 soft cover. Postage: $2.95. All proceeds go to Magen David Adom of Israel. == HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
