>From what I see - yes it was. The first reports I heard were yesterday morning - and the first article has a published date of 23rd, so it seems like changes to that article were only in response to Greg Hunt's comments.
For anyone who hasn't been following: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greg-hunt-uses-wikipedia-research-to-dismiss-links-between-climate-change-and-bushfires-20131023-2w1w5.html (Naturally today has been followed up with: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/wikipedias-verdict-on-greg-hunt-terrible-at-his-job-20131024-2w34y.html ) - Charles On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for that rundown Charles. To clarify, has the specific climate > change discussion and section appeared *subsequent* to this media > controversy or was it there beforehand? > > (Still on my mobile) > -Liam > > > > On Friday, October 25, 2013, Charles Gregory wrote: > >> From what I can see - quick summary: >> >> >> - Before October 8 there were only sporadic changes; >> >> - Between the 8th and 23rd, there was >> - a paragraph added to say the worst had been in Victoria, with >> examples; >> - addition of the Warrumbungie Bushfire (Jan 2013), 2013 New South >> Wales bushfires including references to all bushfires in the Hunter, >> Central Coast, Port Stephens, etc (17 Oct 2013) >> - a See also to [[Angry Summer]] and an external link to a map of >> bushfires >> - minor copyediting >> >> On the 24th: >> - a few lines added to a lede paragraph referring to climate change >> and its affects on bushfire - including references to CSIRO, a random >> personal URL, and an article published at The Conversation. >> - a new section on climate change - 3 paragraphs - including >> references to The Climate Institute, The Climate Commission, Bushfire CRC, >> CSIRO, and an article at The Guardian. >> - minor copyediting >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Charles >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Good morning :-) >>> >>> I've just been called by the producer for ABC702 morning show (presenter >>> is Linda Mottram) and asked to talk on radio sometime between 10 and 10:30 >>> about Wikipedia's errors, how we improve the contet etc, etc, - in the >>> context of the recent bushfire / Greg Hunt story in the media. >>> >>> I can obviously talk about how we get better and that we don't pretend >>> to be perfect and that we encourage people to check the footnote and make >>> their own assessment... But can someone please advise on the best way to >>> phrase how the specific article [[Bushfires in Australia]] appeared last >>> week and what has changed? I see there is a "climate change" section - was >>> that already there a few days ago? (I can check the history when I get to >>> the office, on my mobile at the moment, wanted to write to you straight >>> away). >>> >>> Any advice, ideas? I recall there being a userspace proposal on the >>> chapter wiki - can someone point me to that again and advise if you think >>> it's appropriate for me to try to quote? >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> -Liam >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> wittylama.com >>> Peace, love & metadata >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> wittylama.com >>> Peace, love & metadata >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >>> >> > > -- > wittylama.com > Peace, love & metadata > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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