> It's sometimes difficult to read a long emotional argument like those of > Mmeiser without being moved to feel the same emotions. This is what I > assume happened when I was called pathetic, a loser, a troll, etc by group > members earlier. > Unfortunately, for Mmeiser and some others in this group, personal attacks > don't carry much weight in civilized discussions regarding encyclopedic > content. > Since the yahoo group discussion began, we've had three people contribute > encyclopedic content to the article: Ruperthowe, Bullemhead and myself. For > the amount of discussion we've had in this group, I'd like to see more > happening to the article. Let's keep improving it. > I'm want to get some third party comments in a week or so after we've done > some work on it.
hey Patrick-- thanks for replying. here's some questions I have to better understand this ongoing process. --when you say "the need to cite content"....must the sources be "traditional media"? or can they come from blogs? --also, from your user history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Pdelongchamp), it looks like the Vlog entry is the only one you are working with? Maybe you could explain a bit of your background so we know where you're coming from. You are obviously very interested in defining the subject of videoblogging. I guess the confusion comes from defining a topic that is still very new. You are bumping up against the passion/frustration in this group since many people here have helped shape what videoblogging is. You can understand it's a little ironic that we need to quote a traditional newspaper that may have to one of us....in order to add to the Vlog entry. So i agree that everything must be verifiable...but lets define how what these sources must be for a new field. Very often I find the best wikipedia articles of new topics simply record the controversy and different ways of thinking. Can we at least document our differing points of view? jay -- Here I am.... http://jaydedman.com Check out the latest project: http://pixelodeonfest.com/ Webvideo festival this June!!!!
