Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-24 Thread Charles Matthews
On 24 September 2013 10:06, Ray Saintonge wrote: > >> There are risks to preferring published sources while condemning > original research. > > > And vice versa. Charles ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this m

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-24 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 09/23/13 11:10 AM, David Gerard wrote: I wasn't thinking so much in terms of Wikipedia itself, as the article being about one of the big problems with bios anywhere, including on Wikipedia. And particularly living bios. There are risks to preferring published sources while condemning origin

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread Newyorkbrad
Despite the title of the blog post, the poster's gripe isn't really with Wikipedia; it's with a book that came out in 1973. Tom Clark of course isn't living today, though he was in 1973. FYI, the veracity of the disputed quotation by Truman about Clark has been debated by Supreme Court historians

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread Charles Matthews
On 23 September 2013 16:35, David Gerard wrote: > > http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-removing-a-shadow-from-the-life-of-justice-tom-clark/ > > A. B said A. C wrote that B said A. These are all different, and we should bear that in mind. My favourite exa

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread Fred Bauder
> http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-removing-a-shadow-from-the-life-of-justice-tom-clark/ > > > - d. A edit by User:Awohlgemuth, who judging from his name seems to be Alex Wohl, author of the blog, seems to address this matter on the [[Tom C. Clark]] artic

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread Newyorkbrad
I've NPOV'd the paragraph, and I will try to locate additional sources on the subject. Newyorkbrad On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > > > http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-removing-a-shadow-from-the-life-of-justice-tom-clark/ > > > >

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread David Gerard
I wasn't thinking so much in terms of Wikipedia itself, as the article being about one of the big problems with bios anywhere, including on Wikipedia. And particularly living bios. On 23 September 2013 17:58, Newyorkbrad wrote: > I've NPOV'd the paragraph, and I will try to locate additional sour

[WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread David Gerard
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-removing-a-shadow-from-the-life-of-justice-tom-clark/ - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wi