Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Bryan Derksen
Fred Bauder wrote: >> Fred Bauder wrote: We are supposed to be community-driven. Where is the community consensus on media blackouts? Link please. >>> Interesting, as there is a consensus. It just isn't written down. Do no >>> harm; any problem with that? >> At the very least consens

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Bryan Derksen
Fred Bauder wrote: >> wjhon...@aol.com wrote: >>> Investigative Journalism should go to WikiNews. >> Something I'd like to know before considering this as a potential >> compromise is whether the Foundation would simply censor WikiNews in >> exactly the same way. > > Any responsible journalist wil

Re: [WikiEN-l] Positives to publicity

2009-09-09 Thread Ray Saintonge
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:14:00 -0500 > From: Emily Monroe > > Holy cow. Is Jimbo aware of this?>> >> Jimbo is irrelevant. We're cooking and eating him next week. >> > I'll bet he'll be delicious with BBQ sauce and a side of mashed > potatoes and baked beans. Mmm mmm mmm. X-D >

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
Sometimes the best way of spreading best practices like this is to write a userspace essay. It can start small, but can help get thoughts together. There are several userspace essays I should have written that I never did, so I'm not really one to talk. But some of the most insightful things I have

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread David Goodman
i agree with you very much that Welcome, but ... messages as currently used would be considered an insult or condescending by almost anyone. "Here's your speeding ticket. Have a nice day!" You might try using custom messages. I have variations on several that I use, but i always to adapt them to

Re: [WikiEN-l] voting

2009-09-09 Thread Ray Saintonge
> > From: Tony Sidaway > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Voting and "!voting", what's the difference? > > On 8/28/09, Al Tally wrote: > >> > Polling and voting is a good way to see what people think without having to >> > wade through a mass of comments. >> > If you can't be bothered to engage in

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
Easily confused? I picture you as a sort of Rachel Welch, with thigh-high boots and a whip in a minidress Firstly, your email icon is a kitten is it not? Secondly your message "how does this relate?" sound like you are cracking your whip at the group for being bad and chatting. -Origin

Re: [WikiEN-l] Voting and "!voting", what's the difference?

2009-09-09 Thread Ray Saintonge
> > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:39:40 +0100 > From: Tony Sidaway > Subject: [WikiEN-l] Voting and "!voting", what's the difference? > > Shortly after I thought we'd finally killed off the habit of excessive > polling, an apologetic, humorous and evidently quite common meme > appeared on Wikipedia: t

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Emily Monroe wrote: > On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:32 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: >> Emily wrote: > >> <> >> >> Your new nickname is "Kitten with a Whip" > > What? I'm confused. I think he is saying that you correctly pointed out that people were drifting off-topic, and h

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> wjhon...@aol.com wrote: >> Investigative Journalism should go to WikiNews. > > Something I'd like to know before considering this as a potential > compromise is whether the Foundation would simply censor WikiNews in > exactly the same way. Any responsible journalist will. Fred __

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> Fred Bauder wrote: >>> We are supposed to be community-driven. >>> Where is the community consensus on media blackouts? >>> Link please. >> >> Interesting, as there is a consensus. It just isn't written down. Do no >> harm; any problem with that? > > At the very least consensus can't be said to b

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread George Herbert
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Bryan Derksen wrote: > At the very least consensus can't be said to be obvious on this, IMO. > The "we should conceal information that could potentially harm people" > argument didn't hold much weight in the recently-concluded Rorschach Wars. There is no reasonable

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Bryan Derksen
Fred Bauder wrote: >> We are supposed to be community-driven. >> Where is the community consensus on media blackouts? >> Link please. > > Interesting, as there is a consensus. It just isn't written down. Do no > harm; any problem with that? At the very least consensus can't be said to be obvious

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Bryan Derksen
wjhon...@aol.com wrote: > Investigative Journalism should go to WikiNews. Something I'd like to know before considering this as a potential compromise is whether the Foundation would simply censor WikiNews in exactly the same way. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
> Your new nickname is "Kitten with a Whip" What? I'm confused. Emily On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:32 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: > Emily wrote: > <> > > Your new nickname is "Kitten with a Whip" > > > ___ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
Emily wrote: <> Your new nickname is "Kitten with a Whip" ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
How does this discussion relate to Wikipedia? Emily On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:07 PM, geni wrote: > 2009/9/10 George Herbert : >> This is wishful thinking, Geni. >> >> Making really small H-bombs (100 kg) is slightly tricky - but medium >> sized ones (1 ton) is not. > > > Uk's first attempt failed and

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread geni
2009/9/10 George Herbert : > This is wishful thinking, Geni. > > Making really small H-bombs (100 kg) is slightly tricky - but medium > sized ones (1 ton) is not. Uk's first attempt failed and India's probably did. I think that qualifies as tricky. > And the explosive lenses get easier the more

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread George Herbert
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/9/10 George Herbert : >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, geni wrote: >>> 2009/9/9  : It's a bit of a mistaken idea that the issue with H bombs is their "plans". The method of making an H bomb is widely known. The prob

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/10 George Herbert : > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, geni wrote: >> 2009/9/9  : >>> It's a bit of a mistaken idea that the issue with H bombs is their >>> "plans". >>> The method of making an H bomb is widely known. >>> The problem is not the blueprints.  It's creating the necessary >>> eq

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread George Herbert
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, geni wrote: > 2009/9/9  : >> It's a bit of a mistaken idea that the issue with H bombs is their >> "plans". >> The method of making an H bomb is widely known. >> The problem is not the blueprints.  It's creating the necessary >> equipment in order to enrich the uran

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
-Original Message- From: geni To: English Wikipedia Sent: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 3:32 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan 2009/9/9 : > The entire argument about keeping the names of kidnap victims secret to > me is flat. I do not

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread geni
2009/9/9 : > It's a bit of a mistaken idea that the issue with H bombs is their > "plans". > The method of making an H bomb is widely known. > The problem is not the blueprints. It's creating the necessary > equipment in order to enrich the uranium in the first place. Not a > cheap thing to do.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
It's a bit of a mistaken idea that the issue with H bombs is their "plans". The method of making an H bomb is widely known. The problem is not the blueprints. It's creating the necessary equipment in order to enrich the uranium in the first place. Not a cheap thing to do. Everyone however kno

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread geni
2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : > Well, you see, with respect to news of the Taliban's doings, they > probably are much more reliable then other media. They did talk to a > Taliban regional commander and got the story. Iran and the Taliban don't exactly get on so unlikely they would just repeat a taliban s

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> Interesting here is what they say about themselves > " > > Press TV takes revolutionary steps as the first Iranian international > news network, broadcasting in English on a round-the-clock basis. > > Our global Tehran-based headquarters is staffed with outstanding > Iranian and foreign media pro

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread geni
2009/9/9 : > I don't think the point is "needing to reach" but rather it's "slapping > the hand that reaches". > Which is a little more pro-active, and less passive sounding. > Is our position to be that, with a reliable source, we need multiple > sources "in these cases" as Fred puts it. And I r

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
I don't think the point is "needing to reach" but rather it's "slapping the hand that reaches". Which is a little more pro-active, and less passive sounding. Is our position to be that, with a reliable source, we need multiple sources "in these cases" as Fred puts it. And I really don't know wha

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
Interesting here is what they say about themselves " Press TV takes revolutionary steps as the first Iranian international news network, broadcasting in English on a round-the-clock basis. Our global Tehran-based headquarters is staffed with outstanding Iranian and foreign media professionals.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> 2009/9/9 : >> Well what were the sources? >> Someone mentioned that there were sources, but didn't mention what. > > They are all in the article history. This news article, for instance, > seems reliable: Iranian press, sourced in a Taliban regional commander. Since when is that a reliable sour

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> Once it's all over > the media, it's not our problem; when it isn't, it shouldn't be in the > article. > - d. Yes, we simply need not reach. At least not in such instances. Fred ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/9 : > Well what were the sources? > Someone mentioned that there were sources, but didn't mention what. They are all in the article history. This news article, for instance, seems reliable: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=105379§ionid=351020403 __

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
Well what were the sources? Someone mentioned that there were sources, but didn't mention what. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikie

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : >> We are supposed to be community-driven. >> Where is the community consensus on media blackouts? >> Link please. >> >> Will Johnson >> > > Interesting, as there is a consensus. It just isn't written down. Do no > harm; any problem with that? There is no such consensus. We

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
"Do no harm" isn't a consensus however. That language is so incredibly vague it could be taken to mean almost anything. Fred we've been over this many times on this list :) You really want to do it again? We have articles on murder victims which appear on the top of Google, keeping that fresh in

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/9 David Gerard : >> BLP talks about removing unverifiable harmful information about living >> people, it doesn't say verifiable harmful information should be >> removed (unless it is given undue weight). > > > That's the point - it's entirely in order to be very conservative in > what's acce

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> We are supposed to be community-driven. > Where is the community consensus on media blackouts? > Link please. > > Will Johnson > Interesting, as there is a consensus. It just isn't written down. Do no harm; any problem with that? Fred ___ WikiEN-l m

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Thomas Dalton : > 2009/9/9  : >> I really don't see this as IAR. >> It seems the argument is that it's firmly BLP policy.  That for some >> reason (inexplicable apparently), keeping the name of a kipnap victim >> secret, helps them to not be killed.  Personally the argument seems >> flat

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/9 : > I really don't see this as IAR. > It seems the argument is that it's firmly BLP policy.  That for some > reason (inexplicable apparently), keeping the name of a kipnap victim > secret, helps them to not be killed.  Personally the argument seems > flat to me.  But at any rate, if we we

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
I really don't see this as IAR. It seems the argument is that it's firmly BLP policy. That for some reason (inexplicable apparently), keeping the name of a kipnap victim secret, helps them to not be killed. Personally the argument seems flat to me. But at any rate, if we were to have a discus

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
Investigative Journalism should go to WikiNews. BTW does Wikinews have any traction yet? I mean does it hit the first googly page ? -Original Message- From: David Gerard To: fredb...@fairpoint.net; English Wikipedia Sent: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 12:24 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
We are supposed to be community-driven. Where is the community consensus on media blackouts? Link please. Will Johnson -Original Message- From: Carcharoth To: English Wikipedia Sent: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 12:03 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporte

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread geni
2009/9/9 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen : > I do agree that it is a bit more than a bit silly to expect > wikipedia to not only surprise occasionally with scooping > other more established news organizations, but in fact > be there before all the other major news orgs with the > full nitty gritty. I don't.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread geni
2009/9/9 David Gerard : > 2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : > >> Actually, no, that is a throw-away. But we do need to get a little >> smarter. We might have something come up that is a bit more serious. > > > I think there's actually not much we need to do. The most recent case > was entirely covered by BLP:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
Keith Old wrote: > Folks, > >From the Huffington Post: > > "Last November, David Rohde was kidnapped in Afghanistan and held for > several months, before managing to escape with his interpreter. Media around > the world, at the request of the *Times*, kept silent about the kidnapping, > and later d

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
David Gerard wrote: > > I think there's actually not much we need to do. The most recent case > was entirely covered by BLP: be extremely conservative about > potentially extremely harmful information. > > We're an encyclopedia, not investigative journalism - we have wikinews > for that. If we wait

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : > Actually, no, that is a throw-away. But we do need to get a little > smarter. We might have something come up that is a bit more serious. I think there's actually not much we need to do. The most recent case was entirely covered by BLP: be extremely conservative about po

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : > Actually, no, that is a throw-away. But we do need to get a little > smarter. We might have something come up that is a bit more serious. More serious than life and death? ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org T

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Fred Bauder > wrote: >>> 2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : Would you have us do different? >>> >>> I would prefer something more honest, rather than defaming innocent >>> editors trying to add true and verifiable information to articles. I >>> would suggest just protecti

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : >> 2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : >>> Would you have us do different? >> >> I would prefer something more honest, rather than defaming innocent >> editors trying to add true and verifiable information to articles. I >> would suggest just protecting the article straight away with a li

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> 2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : >>> Would you have us do different? >> >> I would prefer something more honest, rather than defaming innocent >> editors trying to add true and verifiable information to articles. I >> would suggest just protecting the art

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
> 2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : >> Would you have us do different? > > I would prefer something more honest, rather than defaming innocent > editors trying to add true and verifiable information to articles. I > would suggest just protecting the article straight away with a link to > the OTRS ticket. Such

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/9 Fred Bauder : > Would you have us do different? I would prefer something more honest, rather than defaming innocent editors trying to add true and verifiable information to articles. I would suggest just protecting the article straight away with a link to the OTRS ticket. Such a protectio

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Fred Bauder
Would you have us do different? Fred > Folks, > From the Huffington Post: > > "Last November, David Rohde was kidnapped in Afghanistan and held for > several months, before managing to escape with his interpreter. Media > around > the world, at the request of the *Times*, kept silent about the >

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Nathan
The protection referenced an OTRS ticket (https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketID=2009090610014951) in the edit summary. I'd be interested to know more information on that ticket, specifically if it was a request for protection from a news organization. I suppose

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread geni
2009/9/9 Keith Old : > Given the lack of reliable sources, the removal of information on the > kidnapping seems justified. His article is here. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Farrell_(journalist) > That would rather depend on what was at the http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&cl

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread Marc Riddell
on 9/9/09 12:45 PM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote: > 2009/9/9 Emily Monroe : > >> Perhaps, but I was asking this in a general sense. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics seems to mostly be > about the scientific aspect rather than therapeutic uses. It also has > a note

[WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

2009-09-09 Thread Keith Old
Folks, >From the Huffington Post: "Last November, David Rohde was kidnapped in Afghanistan and held for several months, before managing to escape with his interpreter. Media around the world, at the request of the *Times*, kept silent about the kidnapping, and later drew criticism for this from so

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics seems to mostly be > about the scientific aspect rather than therapeutic uses. That was what I was talking about. Thanks--I probably should've looked there to begin with! :-) > It also has a note asking for more and better references. And yet

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
> Baby *pages*, I should point out to any horrified readers... Good thing you clarified. I actually interpreted what you said previously literally for a second. Well, actually, for more than a second. :-) Emily On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Carcharoth wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:43 PM,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
> Go more slowly, is all I can suggest ;-p That's what I'm learning! I'm trying to at least use PROD more often, if tagging for deletion at all. > Do take heart that anyone who's read large chunks of > Special:Newpages will fully concur on the absolute necessity of > knifing lots and lots o

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Emily Monroe : > Perhaps, but I was asking this in a general sense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics seems to mostly be about the scientific aspect rather than therapeutic uses. It also has a note asking for more and better references. - d. _

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:43 PM, David Gerard wrote: > 2009/9/9 Emily Monroe : > >> As a new page patroller, this kind of makes sense. I tag lots of >> articles for deletion via CSD or PROD. I get a lot of complaints from >> people who don't know wikipedia policy, and I gently guide them >> whenever

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Emily Monroe : > As a new page patroller, this kind of makes sense. I tag lots of > articles for deletion via CSD or PROD. I get a lot of complaints from > people who don't know wikipedia policy, and I gently guide them > whenever I can (okay, take the PROD tag off *after* you've improved

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
> "Delete on sight" is unwiki, and violates several of our core > policies that supercede BLP including NPOV and CIVIL and their > subordinates. True, but I see a lot of articles at new page patrol that also violate NPOV, CIVIL, or both. "I run this great business" is POV, not to mention S

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
Perhaps, but I was asking this in a general sense. Oh, well. I made a mistake. Sorry about that. Emily On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:11 AM, Marc Riddell wrote: > on 9/8/09 10:44 PM, Emily Monroe at bluecalioc...@me.com wrote: >> >> So, for example, you can tell if somebody is on the autistic >> spectru

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Emily Monroe
> Treating them as such would lead to over-defending them, i.e. drama. As a new page patroller, this kind of makes sense. I tag lots of articles for deletion via CSD or PROD. I get a lot of complaints from people who don't know wikipedia policy, and I gently guide them whenever I can (okay,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Charles Matthews : > David Gerard wrote: >> So making a >> drama-free "clean up afterwards" procedure was considered the least >> worst way of dealing with things. > Hope you're right, David, since I'm over at CAT:CSD right now and > revived a notable-seeming Indian politican lady from t

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Charles Matthews
David Gerard wrote: > So making a > drama-free "clean up afterwards" procedure was considered the least > worst way of dealing with things. Hope you're right, David, since I'm over at CAT:CSD right now and revived a notable-seeming Indian politican lady from the dead. If the 10 ton weight drops

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Charles Matthews : > I think an admin undeleting a speedy should always leave a note to the > deleting admin, explaining why. The usual reason would be that a mistake > of some kind (e.g. on copyright) has been made in applying CSD. If there > is an issue of a judgement call on notability

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Charles Matthews
Carcharoth wrote: > I have seen some PRODs deleted not as PRODs but as CSDs (and > inaccurate CSDs as well). That sometimes gets me confused. PRODs can > be undeleted, but I've never been 100% sure about CSDs. Do you need to > ask the deleting administrator about those first? > > I think an admi

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Carcharoth : > I have seen some PRODs deleted not as PRODs but as CSDs (and > inaccurate CSDs as well). That sometimes gets me confused. PRODs can > be undeleted, but I've never been 100% sure about CSDs. Do you need to > ask the deleting administrator about those first? Nope. Again, no

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:18 PM, David Gerard wrote: > 2009/9/9 Apoc 2400 : > >> On a more general note, PROD is relatively drama-free, but I wonder about >> the accuracy. Is it really good to let the hard work an editor that has >> since left Wikipedia be deleted based on 5 seconds of consideration

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Charles Matthews
Apoc 2400 wrote: > On a more general note, PROD is relatively drama-free, but I wonder about > the accuracy. Is it really good to let the hard work an editor that has > since left Wikipedia be deleted based on 5 seconds of consideration and no > discussion? > Is it really good to propose the del

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Apoc 2400 : > On a more general note, PROD is relatively drama-free, but I wonder about > the accuracy. Is it really good to let the hard work an editor that has > since left Wikipedia be deleted based on 5 seconds of consideration and no > discussion? Anything PRODded can be undeleted

[WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Apoc 2400
> > a) PROD is not allowed for any article that has already been PRODed or AFDed, > which means you have to go through the history first - making a 5 second job > a 10 second job (an issue if you plan to do 50,000 articles by hand) and > pushing you down a different route for > > There is no way

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Marc Riddell : > on 9/9/09 4:50 AM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hmm. Writing styles - and editing styles - are indeed quite >> distinctive. If someone suddenly writes something out-of-character >> online, I'll tend to first assume someone else is using their account, >> be

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread Marc Riddell
> >> on 9/8/09 10:25 PM, Steve Bennett at stevag...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> (Bias: Background in linguistics and technical writing.) > 2009/9/9 Marc Riddell : >> Interesting. I've done quite a bit of in-depth work in psycholinguistics. >> You can get a pretty accurate profile of someone through

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread Marc Riddell
on 9/8/09 10:44 PM, Emily Monroe at bluecalioc...@me.com wrote: > > So, for example, you can tell if somebody is on the autistic spectrum, > and isn't neurotypical nor psychotic? > > I know this is off-topic, but well, it's interesting. > > Emily > (bias: recent diagnosis of PDD-NOS) You would

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Charles Matthews wrote: > David Goodman wrote: >> I would support making it a requirement before taking any article to >> AfD on the basis of lack of references to first make a bona fide >> appropriate search for them, and to say so--this is already >> recommended at

Re: [WikiEN-l] Secondary sources

2009-09-09 Thread wjhonson
I dispute that this is my private meaning. And I propose that this is the standard meaning. As well as the inworld meaning. -Original Message- From: David Gerard To: English Wikipedia Sent: Wed, Sep 9, 2009 1:48 am Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Secondary sources 2009/9/9 : > What

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Charles Matthews wrote: > I still think it is a potential good indicator of poor style. Anyway, > pursuing it got me into an area needing attention, including what is now > [[first date (meeting)]]. {{merge}} with [[Dating (activity)]]? http://en.wikipedia.org/

Re: [WikiEN-l] What happens when you're unhappy with the Wikipedia article on your town

2009-09-09 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Keith Old wrote: >>...Youngborg recommends that >> people use a “jaundiced eye” when surfing the Web. * >> >> *“I think people are going to have to get a little more calloused at the >> Internet,” Youngborg said.

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread Charles Matthews
Steve Bennett wrote: > "Most well known" or > "best known"? Whichever one is currently in the article. Focus your > efforts elsewhere. > Hey, this is an amusing topic ... Example for a beer-tasting FAQ (about American lagers): *Budweiser, Coors, and Miller are the most well-known bad examples

Re: [WikiEN-l] Secondary sources

2009-09-09 Thread Carl (CBM)
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > How does becoming old, and being held in only 12 libraries suddenly > cause a book to revert to primary source status? I have seen the dual argument as well: that sources which would certainly be counted as primary if they were 100 years old

Re: [WikiEN-l] Secondary sources

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 : > What I said, and what I've been saying is that any source which is our > first incident of a particular "fact" is a primary source, no matter > what their source was. You must appreciate, though, that your private definition of this term is not the established meaning for this term

Re: [WikiEN-l] "Well known"

2009-09-09 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/9 Marc Riddell : > on 9/8/09 10:25 PM, Steve Bennett at stevag...@gmail.com wrote: >> (Bias: Background in linguistics and technical writing.) > Interesting. I've done quite a bit of in-depth work in psycholinguistics. > You can get a pretty accurate profile of someone through their writin

Re: [WikiEN-l] Deletion of unreferenced living person biographies

2009-09-09 Thread Charles Matthews
David Goodman wrote: > I would support making it a requirement before taking any article to > AfD on the basis of lack of references to first make a bona fide > appropriate search for them, and to say so--this is already > recommended at [[WP:BEFORE]] > [[WP:BEFORE]] seems to need some work, at

Re: [WikiEN-l] What happens when you're unhappy with the Wikipedia article on your town

2009-09-09 Thread Steve Bennett
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Keith Old wrote: >...Youngborg recommends that > people use a “jaundiced eye” when surfing the Web. * > > *“I think people are going to have to get a little more calloused at the > Internet,” Youngborg said.* Jandiced eyes and callouses? Sounds like he should see a