Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP extension suggestion

2011-06-03 Thread Rob
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Ken Arromdee wrote: > Part of it is a matter of degree.  The article on the John Kerry controversy > isn't the #2 search for "Kerry" on the Internet. And whenever people mention this, they conveniently forget to mention that the #1 result is Dan Savage's website.

Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP extension suggestion

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, Rob wrote: > We're just recording what has already been discussed in 132 reliable > sources. We're not "victimizing" him any more than we are victimizing > Silvio Berlusconi > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlusconi#Sexual_scandals) or John > Edwards (http://en.wikipedia.org/w

Re: [WikiEN-l] schema.org - anything here for us?

2011-06-03 Thread Fred Bauder
> http://schema.org/ > > An initiative by Google, Yahoo and Bing to make a tag language to make > things more findable in search engines. > > Is there anything in this for us? schema.org tags in templates? > Presumably this would require software work too, and require us to > cross levels between s

Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP extension suggestion

2011-06-03 Thread Rob
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Ken Arromdee wrote: > Santorum is not just being victimized by Dan Savage or the news media or the > world--he's being victimized by *us*.  That makes it our job.  Just because > it's an already existing campaign doesn't mean we have no responsibility > when a sea

[WikiEN-l] schema.org - anything here for us?

2011-06-03 Thread David Gerard
http://schema.org/ An initiative by Google, Yahoo and Bing to make a tag language to make things more findable in search engines. Is there anything in this for us? schema.org tags in templates? Presumably this would require software work too, and require us to cross levels between software and co

Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP extension suggestion

2011-06-03 Thread WereSpielChequers
Over a hundred years after Thomas Crapper plied his trade as a plumber his name and especially the first four letters of it are still in daily use. But I would be surprised if in twenty years time santorum is still used in the sense Dan Savage intended, and I hope that at some point in the future

Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP extension suggestion

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, WereSpielChequers wrote: > 8 letters, three syllables doth not a four letter word make, and the > term itself is somewhat more obscure. I suspect that unless further > flames are added to the fire, such as it provoking a sea change in > Wikipedia policy, it will fade into obscu

Re: [WikiEN-l] BLP extension suggestion

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Rob wrote: > I don't think BLP needs this kind of mission creep. It's important to > protect Santorum and others from malicious editing and bad sourcing > and undue weight, but it isn't our job to protect Santorum from Dan > Savage or the news media or the world. Santorum is n

Re: [WikiEN-l] The expert problem, dissolved

2011-06-03 Thread Charles Matthews
On 02/06/2011 19:56, Sage Ross wrote: > My impression (admittedly based on a fairly narrow range of > experiences in the area) is that we actually are getting pretty close > to a tipping point. And the key lever we have for tipping things is > better tools and guidance and support for having academ