Re: Wikipedia

2014-04-25 Thread Ineiev
On 04/24/2014 07:59 PM, Mark Holmquist wrote: On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 06:48:28PM +0200, Solal wrote: Wikipedia have an amoral approach of what is an encyclopedia. For example, Wikipedia rejects the use of the real name GNU/Linux in articles about this system because GNU/Linux is often called

Re: Wikipedia

2014-04-24 Thread Mark Holmquist
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 06:48:28PM +0200, Solal wrote: Wikipedia have an amoral approach of what is an encyclopedia. For example, Wikipedia rejects the use of the real name GNU/Linux in articles about this system because GNU/Linux is often called Linux. Actually they call the article Linux

Wikipedia

2014-04-23 Thread Solal
Wikipedia have an amoral approach of what is an encyclopedia. For example, Wikipedia rejects the use of the real name GNU/Linux in articles about this system because GNU/Linux is often called Linux[1]. Non-free software is an example of that amoral approach and thrives on it. Thus, in the long run

NYC LOCAL: Saturday 7 July 2012: Wikipedia and Free Culture Gathering on Governors Island

2012-07-07 Thread secretary
blockquote what=official Wikipedia announcement taken-from=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_World%27s_Fair [page was last modified on 5 July 2012 at 01:37] edits=much stuff removed; 'see pic' line added note=Freedom Box Hack Gathering starts Monday 9 July

Re: NYC LOCAL: Saturday 7 July 2012: Wikipedia and Free Culture Gathering on Governors Island

2012-07-07 Thread Foster
On 7 Jul 2012 02:55:52 -0400, secret...@lxny.org wrote: Wikipedia:Wiki World's Fair The event will combine a wiki-picnic and civic celebration in the southern section of the Parade Ground, sharing an area with the FIGMENT participatory art festival's arcade-themed

Re: NYC LOCAL: Saturday 7 July 2012: Wikipedia and Free Culture Gathering on Governors Island

2012-07-07 Thread GreyCloud
On 7/7/2012 7:25 AM, Foster wrote: On 7 Jul 2012 02:55:52 -0400, secret...@lxny.org wrote: Wikipedia:Wiki World's Fair The event will combine a wiki-picnic and civic celebration in the southern section of the Parade Ground, sharing an area with the FIGMENT participatory

NYC LOCAL: Sunday 24 January 2010 Wikipedia Day NYC

2010-01-23 Thread secretary
on the Island of the Manahattoes edits=not all the page is included Wikipedia Day NYC will be held on Sunday January 24, 2010 on the 8th floor of Kimmel Center at NYU from 1-7 PM. The event is in commemoration of Wikipedia Day and the 9th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site. We

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2010-01-06 Thread jellybean stonerfish
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:03:24 -0500, AzzMazta wrote: Following the National Treasure pattern. Here's what I mean: Proper thinking: Wikipedia contributor behavior-AzzMazta's suggestion of linkage to school bullying and narcissism-Cork Soaker: What are you going on about, loon?-(insert

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2010-01-05 Thread samvaknin
The Six Sins of the Wikipedia http://samvak.tripod.com/wikipedia.html ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-27 Thread mike3
On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, AzzMazta penac...@yomomma.hot.invalid wrote: On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:50:01 -0800 (PST), mike3 wrote: So what's the main argument in the post? Sounds more like just stating opinions about Wikipedia contributors than an argument. Wikipedia is frequently criticized

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-27 Thread mike3
On Dec 27, 2:48 pm, mike3 mike4...@yahoo.com wrote: On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, AzzMazta penac...@yomomma.hot.invalid wrote: On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:50:01 -0800 (PST), mike3 wrote: So what's the main argument in the post? Sounds more like just stating opinions about Wikipedia contributors than

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-26 Thread mike3
On Dec 25, 1:51 pm, AzzMazta penac...@yomomma.hot.invalid wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:52:47 +, Cork Soaker wrote: AzzMazta wrote: Following the National Treasure pattern. Here's what I mean: Proper thinking: Completely and utterly barking mad. *That* is proper logical thinking.

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-26 Thread mike3
AzzMazta wrote: ...just a bunch of conceited, immature, juvenile, control-freaks who get picked on every day by the school bully and take it out on the Internet when they get off the bus? Bullying is evil. ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-26 Thread AzzMazta
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:50:01 -0800 (PST), mike3 wrote: So what's the main argument in the post? Sounds more like just stating opinions about Wikipedia contributors than an argument. Wikipedia is frequently criticized for censorship - this is often discussed in these newsgroups. I agree

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-21 Thread Cork Soaker
AzzMazta wrote: On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:06:09 +, Cork Soaker wrote: AzzMazta wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:28:19 +, Cork Soaker wrote: AzzMazta wrote: On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:00:36 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: Clearly his attempts to spam his malware on wikipedia got him banned

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-20 Thread Cork Soaker
AzzMazta wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:28:19 +, Cork Soaker wrote: AzzMazta wrote: On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:00:36 +0900, Miles Bader wrote: Clearly his attempts to spam his malware on wikipedia got him banned... Why do Wikipedia users (most of the political open-source supporters do

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-19 Thread Cork Soaker
? What are you going on about, loon? Clearly his attempts to spam his malware on wikipedia got him banned... Why do Wikipedia users (most of the political open-source supporters do the same thing) make huge National Treasure-style jumps in their thinking and actions? Why are you still talking

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-15 Thread Miles Bader
malware on wikipedia got him banned... -Miles -- `...the Soviet Union was sliding in to an economic collapse so comprehensive that in the end its factories produced not goods but bads: finished products less valuable than the raw materials they were made from.' [The Economist

Re: Is Wikipedia censorship or...

2009-12-14 Thread Cork Soaker
AzzMazta wrote: ...just a bunch of conceited, immature, juvenile, control-freaks who get picked on every day by the school bully and take it out on the Internet when they get off the bus? What are you going on about, loon? ___ gnu-misc-discuss