I second the motion. Your post modern solution is just the ticket in the thicket, Harry.
Also: Don't pick fights with the editors, Jed. Just post the new LENR topic and lets see what happens. K. -----Original Message----- From: Harry Veeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 2:07 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: Article about Wikipedia You could create your own entry on CF, although it would need a different title. e.g. L.E.N.R. or C.A.N.R. or C.M.N.S. (condensed matter nuclear science) Harry Jed Rothwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steven Krivit wrote: It might APPEAR as though one can just "jump in" and make a correction on the "honor system" (for example, correcting the note about "no excess heat") but prepared - many of the Wiki veterans won't think twice about immediately erasing your contribution and asking questions later. Well, that sounds unpromising. I would not waste my time making corrections, in that case. It sounds like an organized online version of sci.physics.fusion. I have not studied the Wikipedia documentation. Is there a way to contact the authors of these articles? I would like to send them a short note pointing out a few of the problems and asking whether they would or would not erase my contributions. - Jed