Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread Newyorkbrad
I've NPOV'd the paragraph, and I will try to locate additional sources on the subject. Newyorkbrad On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.netwrote: http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-removing-a-shadow-from-the-life

Re: [WikiEN-l] Why writing biographies (e.g. on WIkipedia) is hard

2013-09-23 Thread Newyorkbrad
historians for years. This is not a new issue by any means. Newyorkbrad On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:10 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: I wasn't thinking so much in terms of Wikipedia itself, as the article being about one of the big problems with bios anywhere, including on Wikipedia

Re: [WikiEN-l] If someone gave you the entirety of Wikipedia from 100 years in the future for only 10 minutes, what would you read?

2013-02-12 Thread Newyorkbrad
I would look up my obituary on the [[Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians]] page and see what was listed as my place of death. Then, I would make sure never to go there. Newyorkbrad On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:09 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments

Re: [WikiEN-l] on citing Wikipedia in U.S. court opinions

2012-08-17 Thread Newyorkbrad
.) Newyorkbrad On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.netwrote: Making the blog-rounds, there was a Utah court case that includes surprisingly lengthy (and generally positive) discussion on whether and when to cite Wikipedia in court decisions: * http://www.utcourts.gov

Re: [WikiEN-l] on citing Wikipedia in U.S. court opinions

2012-08-17 Thread Newyorkbrad
also outdated: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1272437 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wikipedia.html And the best post I've found on the current case: http://www.volokh.com/2012/08/16/citing-wikipedia-in-court-opinions/ Regards, Newyorkbrad On Thu, Aug 16

Re: [WikiEN-l] Short featured articles

2011-09-14 Thread Newyorkbrad
In other words, upon reading this featured article, something is Missing, No? Newyorkbrad On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote: Today's featured article is all of 6 paragraphs long. Discuss. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MissingNo. Carcharoth

Re: [WikiEN-l] Johann Hari and WP

2011-07-13 Thread Newyorkbrad
There's an ANI thread on this issue. There is also some coverage on an external, critical website. Newyorkbrad On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: I've probably said here in the past (and have certainly thought) that attention to WP's

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPG copyright irony

2011-03-20 Thread Newyorkbrad
(Escalation, should that fail conclusively, would probably usefully involve the blogosphere and then the media, in that order. Escalation via the media strikes me as a completely inappropriate approach even in theory. Newyorkbrad ___ WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPG copyright irony

2011-03-20 Thread Newyorkbrad
Hopefully the internal dispute on-wiki is now resolved. Newyorkbrad On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Scott MacDonald doc.wikipe...@ntlworld.com wrote: I discovered the NPG's infringement after the article [[John Michael Wright]] was slated for TFA (due in an hour or two). As I say, I wrote

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPG copyright irony

2011-03-20 Thread Newyorkbrad
Compliance, and a desire for collaboration, will of course be the best outcome here. An engraved invitation for Scott M. and guest to attend their next gala opening would also be in order. Newyorkbrad On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:25 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 March 2011 01

Re: [WikiEN-l] Rating the English wikipedia

2011-02-14 Thread Newyorkbrad
Wikipedia by expanding it. Often, of course, but perhaps not always. Newyorkbrad On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 14/02/2011 03:35, Ian Woollard wrote: I think you can't take the simple percentages of articles, a lot

Re: [WikiEN-l] Rating the English wikipedia

2011-02-14 Thread Newyorkbrad
True, but how well is the distinction understood by people who apply the templates or rate the articles? Newyorkbrad On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Ian Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.comwrote: I think not. There's a difference between a stub (which may not have many or even any references

Re: [WikiEN-l] Rating the English wikipedia

2011-02-13 Thread Newyorkbrad
{{sofixit}} :) On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Ian Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.comwrote: This encyclopedia has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale. This encyclopedia has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: 1. Referencing and citation:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Rating the English wikipedia

2011-02-13 Thread Newyorkbrad
Can we at least agree it's High-importance? Newyorkbrad On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Ian Woollard ian.wooll...@gmail.comwrote: This encyclopedia has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale. This encyclopedia has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class

Re: [WikiEN-l] Long-term searchability of the internet

2011-01-16 Thread Newyorkbrad
Interesting thread and questions. A related question though is whether unfettered eternal searchability of the Internet is unambiguously a good thing. Take the types of BLP, privacy, etc. issues we deal with everyday on Wikipedia, and extrapolate them to the rest of the 'net Newyorkbrad

Re: [WikiEN-l] Ban Wikipedia!

2010-09-04 Thread Newyorkbrad
Well, publicizing them will certainly help us, I don't think. Newyorkbrad On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 12:24 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-wikipedia/ Goal: 1,000,000 signatures. So far: 8 signatures. - d

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-11 Thread Newyorkbrad
This particular situation is now the subject of a pending request for arbitration, so I'll comment on that on-wiki (probably in the morning), but my comments there may have some relevance to the broader issue being raised here. Newyorkbrad On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:50 PM, David Goodman dgoodma

Re: [WikiEN-l] Learned Hand Article

2010-02-02 Thread Newyorkbrad
This article has already been the mainpage FA, but if anyone thinks there should be more content added sourced elsewhere, he or she should feel free. I've been meaning to do it myself, with some books I have here, whenever the ArbCom has a quiet week (so wish me luck on that one). Newyorkbrad

Re: [WikiEN-l] Newyorkbrad's speech at Wikiconference New York

2009-09-17 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
This is a very valid point in terms of another way of approaching the issue. (In evaluating the speech for completeness, do bear in mind that I only had a certain amount of time and couldn't make every possible point, but I should have found room for this one.) Newyorkbrad On Thu, Sep 17, 2009

[WikiEN-l] Newyorkbrad's speech at Wikiconference New York

2009-09-13 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
. The video for the QA is not yet available, but I will post the link to it when it is. Newyorkbrad ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Motion To Disqualify a Candidate if it suppliedmisinformation...

2009-08-21 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
If I write Motion denied, can we close this thread? Newyorkbrad On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Jay Litwyn brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote: In my own interests, I won't. I already brought the motion before the candidate, and one of the witnesses to my motion blocked me from unblock

Re: [WikiEN-l] Motion To Disqualify a Candidate if it suppliedmisinformation...

2009-08-21 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
'Put down your gun and tiara and come out of the float!' The cops fired a warning shot that blew her off the float. I tried to scream 'duck', but it stuck in my throat. She hit the ground and did a flip; it was so acrobatic, But I was crying so hard I couldn't work my Instamatic. Newyorkbrad

Re: [WikiEN-l] Poetry thread

2009-03-14 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
This thread invited everyone To wax poetic Some cross words were exchanged and some Apologetic To those who'd try their hand at this Be sympathetic Though we all know that wiki rhymes Can be pathetic I know when I post doggerel Some users curse They may reach for their medicine Or

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2008-12-29 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
347 basic directives does resemble the question barrage in a lot of RFAs ;-) d. If you think the volume of questions on RfA is bad these days, try running for ArbCom. :) Newyorkbrad ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [WikiEN-l] Biography of Living persons

2008-12-29 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
Correct. Opt-out will violate NPOV. - d. Why? Newyorkbrad ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Joseph Farah: Another dissatisfied customer

2008-12-16 Thread Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia)
I have come to the conclusion that a very large percentage of BLP's need to be semiprotected at the very least. I am still thinking through the best way to implement such a change, but the current situation is not acceptable. Newyorkbrad On 12/16/08, Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com wrote