Re: [Wikimediaau-l] SMH article

2009-07-08 Thread Andrew
I answered the questions guardedly as you can probably tell :) I think I was fairly represented in the article as you can see below. Re general stuff, part of my reply was: I don't agree with the findings as a general rule for Wikipedia although it may apply to the participants in some of

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] smh article

2009-05-27 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2009-May-24 16:32:34 +1000, private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed - the danger is that someone browsing through http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Young_women (not a great look for how wikimedia feels about young women) To be fair, there's also

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] smh article

2009-05-24 Thread Brianna Laugher
2009/5/24 private musings thepmacco...@gmail.com: see http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/parents-warned-of-wikiporn-risk/2009/05/23/1242498976065.html Unfortunately it's not a good news one, dealing with 'Wikiporn risk' - but I think a 'well done' to brianna for sounding wise and

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] smh article

2009-05-24 Thread Liam Wyatt
What you did get quoted as saying was good (as PrivateMusings said), and it is a shame that what you just described was cut ou - especially the bit about critical evaluation. It really is unfortunate that they can make a news item about one parent who happens to stumble upon vandalism in an

[Wikimediaau-l] smh article

2009-05-23 Thread private musings
see http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/parents-warned-of-wikiporn-risk/2009/05/23/1242498976065.html Unfortunately it's not a good news one, dealing with 'Wikiporn risk' - but I think a 'well done' to brianna for sounding wise and sensible in a difficult situation is due :-) The worry is