On 1 Jul 2006 at 10:34, Carl Dershem wrote: > Robert Patterson wrote: > > > Carl Dershem wrote: > > > >> Harlan Ellison > > > > I just skimmed his article. Where should I direct my skepticism? > > What I read coincides well with my information from other sources > > (many of which predate Wikipedia by decades). Furthermore, the > > opinion and fact in the article seem to be clearly delineated as > > such. > > I've known Harlan for almost 40 years, and he is anything but pleased > with the article. . . .
Uh, since when do the subjects of the articles get veto power over the content? > . . . When he was first told he had an entry there he > went in and looked at it, found some errors (like where he was born) > and corrected them. The next day the errors had returned. He changed > tham back and then spoke to those in charge. Their response was > basically "that's the way it works". But did the reverts remain? No, they didn't. He gave up too soon and wrote a nasty, childish screed to the Wikipedia team about how worthless Wikipedia is. In the process, he only made himself look really stupid and immature (not surprising, given what I know about him). > Ben (who I've known for more than 20 years) has had a very similar > experience. Point it out in the history of the article, please. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
