[WikiEN-l] Another reason why we need BLP reform soon

2009-01-02 Thread William King
Here is another reason why we need BLP reform very soon: the ongoing edit war over Rick Warren: Revision history of Rick Warren: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Warrenaction=history Talk Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rick_Warren AN/I threads:

[WikiEN-l] Journal of Biblical Literature is also requiring a Wikipedia entry

2009-01-02 Thread David Gerard
http://ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com/ancient_hebrew_poetry/2009/01/new-guidelines-for-jbl-contributors-publish-in-wikipedia-or-perish.html Similar journals are apparently likely to do the same. So. When will this become standard? - d. ___ WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Journal of Biblical Literature is also requiring a Wikipedia entry

2009-01-02 Thread Michael Bimmler
David, you want to read the entire blogpost ;-) I made this up, of course, but not entirely. A journal of molecular biology has revised its submission guidelines such that acceptance is conditional upon simultaneous wikification of the submitted research. Go here for a report and preliminary

Re: [WikiEN-l] Journal of Biblical Literature is also requiring a Wikipedia entry

2009-01-02 Thread David Gerard
2009/1/2 Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com: I made this up, of course, but not entirely. A journal of molecular biology has revised its submission guidelines such that acceptance is conditional upon simultaneous wikification of the submitted research. Go here for a report and preliminary

Re: [WikiEN-l] Journal of Biblical Literature is also requiring a Wikipedia entry

2009-01-02 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
David Gerard wrote: http://ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com/ancient_hebrew_poetry/2009/01/new-guidelines-for-jbl-contributors-publish-in-wikipedia-or-perish.html Similar journals are apparently likely to do the same. So. When will this become standard? - d. I guess you missed the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Journal of Biblical Literature is also requiring a Wikipedia entry

2009-01-02 Thread Nathan
Could as easily repose the question using http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/publish_in_wikipedia_or_perish.php as the reference point. Nathan ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2009-01-02 Thread Ian Woollard
2009/1/2 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/1/2 Ian Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.com: If I understand you correctly, you would be (theoretically) fine with me creating a wikipedia page of you and filling it with true information about you, including your social security number, bank account

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another reason why we need BLP reform soon

2009-01-02 Thread K. Peachey
Here is another reason why we need BLP reform very soon: the ongoing edit war over Rick Warren: Revision history of Rick Warren: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Warrenaction=history Talk Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rick_Warren AN/I threads:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Another reason why we need BLP reform soon

2009-01-02 Thread William King
Just had a closer look at the history of the article...the edit warring apparently started around Christmas, much earlier than I thought. As I mentioned I simply found out about this edit war yesterday (New Year's Day). William King (Willking1979)

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2009-01-02 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, toddmallen wrote: Actually, I do see it as a false dichotomy. We're presenting it as rights against publication of verifiable, reliable, already-published material. These rights do not exist. I do not have a right to tell you that you may not talk about me or publish

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2009-01-02 Thread Wily D
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Ian Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/2 toddmallen toddmal...@gmail.com: Actually, I do see it as a false dichotomy. We're presenting it as rights against publication of verifiable, reliable, already-published material. These rights do not exist. I

Re: [WikiEN-l] NOR contradicts NPOV

2009-01-02 Thread Marc Riddell
On Jan 1, 2009, at 6:28 PM, George Herbert wrote: Phil - can you be more specific about that policy? Where is it? on 1/2/09 12:18 PM, Phil Sandifer at snowspin...@gmail.com wrote: Sure - it's actually WP:NOR - specifically, the line that all statements from primary sources must be

Re: [WikiEN-l] NOR contradicts NPOV

2009-01-02 Thread David Gerard
2009/1/2 Marc Riddell michaeldavi...@comcast.net: on 1/2/09 12:18 PM, Phil Sandifer at snowspin...@gmail.com wrote: Currently the discussion is proving how deeply pathological the anti- specialist bias is, with the suggestions being made, in all seriousness, that no sources that require

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2009-01-02 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 1/2/2009 5:43:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, ian.wooll...@gmail.com writes: including your social security number, bank account number, telephone number, mothers maiden name, address, entire sexual history, provided all of this can be said to be correct by a notable source

[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania official announcement

2009-01-02 Thread phoebe ayers
For those who may not have seen this on the foundation-l or wikimania-l lists... here's the official dates for this summer's Wikimania :) Stay tuned for the call for papers and calls for volunteers. Want to help? Send a message to the Wikimania-l list. -- phoebe -- Forwarded message