Re: [WikiEN-l] Suggestion on how referencing system could be improved

2009-09-02 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Thomas Larsenlarsen.thoma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, The current ref.../ref...references/ system produces nice references, but it is flawed--all the text contained in a given reference appears in the text that the reference is linked from. For example:  It

Re: [WikiEN-l] Googley comments

2009-09-02 Thread WJhonson
I just today noticed a new interesting thing while doing a Google search. Under each result there is a cloud looking thing and if you hover it it says Comment. So I tried it. Would someone else try this Google search arsenic and old lace youtube Just like that with the quotes and

Re: [WikiEN-l] Googley comments

2009-09-02 Thread Nathan
Nope, no comments shown. If you click on the See all notes for this SearchWiki button below the results, it says no public notes have been made for the search results for [arsenic and old lace youtube]. What's a SearchWiki? Nathan ___ WikiEN-l mailing

Re: [WikiEN-l] Googley comments

2009-09-02 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/2 wjhon...@aol.com: To make this thread on-topic, I wonder if there would be any  advantage is allowing comments, separate from Talk Page comments, on our  articles? I notice that many casual readers will leave comments which you  can generally spot as they are not-tagged-with-a-sig

[WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Keith Old
Minivan News, an independent article on the Maldives, has published accusations that a PR company whitewashed an article on the Maldives. A data-mining tool called WikiScanner http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/ has purportedly revealed PR firm Hill Knowlton deleted a number of statements critical of

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Isabell Long
2009/9/2 Keith Old keith...@gmail.com: (More in article) I think you forgot the link to the article. ;) -- Regards, Isabell Long. isabell...@gmail.com [[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects. Freenode Community Co-Ordinator - issyl0 on irc.freenode.net PGP Key ID: 0xB6CA6840

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Keith Old
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/2 Keith Old keith...@gmail.com: (More in article) I think you forgot the link to the article. ;) -- Regards, Isabell Long. isabell...@gmail.com [[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects.

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread Fred Bauder
Regardless of the truth, reliance on reliable published sources should resolve most of these charges and countercharges. That is what we expect of a public relations firm, both that they identify their purpose in editing and cite appropriate sources. Fred Minivan News, an independent article

Re: [WikiEN-l] PR firm accused of whitewashing Wikipedia article on Maldives

2009-09-02 Thread David Goodman
The material that was removed seems to have been in need of sourcing and rewriting to a NPOV (whatever the truth of the matter may be). The present article says very little of any sort, has over-emphasis on two riots, and skips the period from 2004 to 2008, The other articles on these islands

Re: [WikiEN-l] Googley comments

2009-09-02 Thread Luna
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: I just today noticed a new interesting thing while doing a Google search. Under each result there is a cloud looking thing and if you hover it it says Comment. So I tried it. In the Google search settings page, I followed a learn

Re: [WikiEN-l] Googley comments

2009-09-02 Thread Emily Monroe
I notice the button to submit a comment is labelled Make a public comment; confusing! Maybe what they mean is Make a comment, generic member of the public. Emily On Sep 2, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Luna wrote: On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM, wjhon...@aol.com wrote: I just today noticed a new

Re: [WikiEN-l] Googley comments

2009-09-02 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:07 AM, David Gerarddger...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. Wikinews does this - they have a collaboration page for editors working on the article, but a comment page specifically for readers to spout forth. Would be good. Yes, there's no good reason we should subject casual

Re: [WikiEN-l] Googley comments

2009-09-02 Thread wjhonson
I think I like Comment on this page at the bottom, but I'm hesitant to endorse that creating a section on the discussion (Talk) page. I have a reason for my hesitation. Sometimes readers comments on say Patty Hearst might be something like Oh I remember when this occurred, I was in the