Howdy.
(adding wikien-l folks to this thread. my apology for not including
wikien-l with my initial email.)
The usability study has started today as scheduled. The usability team
is monitoring the interviews and how ten test participants interact with
Wikipedia when they are asked to edit an
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7962912.stm
Primary school pupils should learn how to blog and use internet
sites like Twitter and Wikipedia and spend less time studying history,
it is claimed. A review of the primary school curriculum in England
will be published in a final report next
2009/3/25 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7962912.stm
Primary school pupils should learn how to blog and use internet
sites like Twitter and Wikipedia and spend less time studying history,
it is claimed. A review of the primary school curriculum in
2009/3/25 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
I don't think the IWF will make that mistake again. I never thought
I'd see so many people being so outspokenly against a charity
dedicated to fighting child pornography!
Well, they know we can tell *instantly* when it happens. And they do
In a message dated 3/25/2009 1:34:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
thomas.dal...@gmail.com writes:
I don't think the IWF will make that mistake again. I never thought
I'd see so many people being so outspokenly against a charity
dedicated to fighting child pornography!
That response misses the
2009/3/25 wjhon...@aol.com:
That response misses the point.
This Charity operates as a black box, not only censoring but refusing to
acknowledge that their acts are hidden, unknowable and possibly arbitrary.
We need this level of censorship? No. What this charity should do, is
operate in
2009/3/25 wjhon...@aol.com:
In a message dated 3/25/2009 1:59:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
thomas.dal...@gmail.com writes:
No, I didn't miss the point. The point is that IWF will not block
access to Wikipedia again,
You were defending an organization that operates censorship police in a
In a message dated 3/25/2009 3:02:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
geni...@gmail.com writes:
Err no we are looking to create an encyclopedia. Government
surveillance is a separate issue.
You are assuming that we means the project.
I used we to mean all right thinking people.
Will
Getting back to the original post.
How's Wikipedia's coverage of history, compared to the average British
school textbook?
-Durova
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:08 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 3/25/2009 3:02:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
geni...@gmail.com writes:
Err no we
In a message dated 3/25/2009 3:09:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com writes:
How's Wikipedia's coverage of history, compared to the average British
school textbook?
It's certainly more in-depth in certain areas. What modern textbook will
mention three children of Henry
2009/3/25 Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com:
Getting back to the original post.
How's Wikipedia's coverage of history, compared to the average British
school textbook?
-Durova
Probably more comprehensive in that no one has yet worked out how to
make a text book 30 foot thick. On the other
geni wrote:
2009/3/25 Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com:
Getting back to the original post.
How's Wikipedia's coverage of history, compared to the average
British school textbook?
-Durova
Probably more comprehensive in that no one has yet worked out how to
make a text book 30 foot thick.
2009/3/25 Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk:
I don't see much of a problem with this, as a comparison implies some sort
of value-judgement.
UK primary school history does tend to focus on people a lot, rather
than details of historical events.
2009/3/25 Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk:
Not so much that the whole encyclopedia was blocked, more that the
collateral effect as a result of blocking vandalism was that a bottleneck
handful of re-routed proxy IP addresses was blocked; however, there was no
block on the image page
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/3/25 Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk:
I don't see much of a problem with this, as a comparison implies
some sort of value-judgement.
UK primary school history does tend to focus on people a lot, rather
than details of historical events.
Probably more recent
David Gerard wrote:
2009/3/25 Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk:
Not so much that the whole encyclopedia was blocked, more that the
collateral effect as a result of blocking vandalism was that a
bottleneck handful of re-routed proxy IP addresses was blocked;
however, there was no block
This discussion of World War I social issues is irresistible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_How_I_Hate_to_Get_Up_in_the_Morning
-Durova
P.S. Shameless plug for an article I wrote. The audio file is a featured
sound.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Thomas Dalton
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/3/25 Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/3/25 Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk:
I don't see much of a problem with this, as a comparison implies
some sort of value-judgement.
UK primary school history does tend to focus on people a
Durova wrote:
This discussion of World War I social issues is irresistible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_How_I_Hate_to_Get_Up_in_the_Morning
-Durova
P.S. Shameless plug for an article I wrote. The audio file is a
featured sound.
Actually, Lise, as an owl rather than a lark, I'm
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/25 Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk:
I don't see much of a problem with this, as a comparison implies some sort
of value-judgement.
UK primary school history does tend to focus on people a lot, rather
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