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 Wikiped
The sample space is too small anyway. Plus in some wikicountries, a large
chunk of the editors are obseesed with a certain topic. Still I agree with
the egocentric part
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM, private musings wrote:
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikipedians-are-a-b
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikipedians-are-a-bunch-of-egocentric-introverts-study-20090708-dcnk.html
It's a bit of fluff really - but Andrew and Daniel did well to expose the
weaknesses of the israeli study, I reckon. In particular I'm sure Daniel was
talking about me when he
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:32 PM, private musings 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) ends up somewhere like
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor
On 2009-May-24 16:32:34 +1000, private musings 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
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Y
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) ends up somewhere like
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Erotic (or more explicit!)
and feels that maybe these images s
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
article
2009/5/24 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 difficul
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
Indeed, I did forget to say "Right Click and Save Link/Target As..." ;)
James
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:15 PM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/12/8 James R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I do know that I got my copy of part of the interview from here:
> > http://www.bathrobecabal.org/
2008/12/8 James R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I do know that I got my copy of part of the interview from here:
> http://www.bathrobecabal.org/bbcinterview.mp3
> That is the link that has been circulating around WikiEN-l, at least :)
Download, don't try to stream!
- d.
I do know that I got my copy of part of the interview from here:
http://www.bathrobecabal.org/bbcinterview.mp3
That is the link that has been circulating around WikiEN-l, at least :)
James
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Andrew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:00 PM
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:00 PM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I did a prerecord afterwards for BBC World Service 'World Update',
> where I really got stuck into them. No doubt it'll be edited down to
> 20 words as well ;-)
When does that go live?
--
Andrew Garrett
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2008/12/8 Andrew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:10 PM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Censorship_of_WP_in_the_UK_Dec_2008
>> As soon as I've eaten some braaains I'm going to be appearing on
>> BBC Radio 4 '
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:10 PM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Censorship_of_WP_in_the_UK_Dec_2008
>
> As soon as I've eaten some braaains I'm going to be appearing on
> BBC Radio 4 'Today' at 8:20am UTC, which is a high-powered curr
2008/12/8 private musings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/wikipedia-added-to-child-pornography-blacklist/2008/12/08/1228584723764.html
> on the recent scandal - it's not hugely awful - but pretty bad PR generally
> for the project :-(
http://wikimediafoundation.o
I suggest that if anyone is getting asked about this then you first read the
blog posts by Danny Wool and Durova on the topic. Both are very good
unpackings of the issues.
http://allswool.blogspot.com/2008/12/stung-by-scorpion.html
http://durova.blogspot.com/2008/12/bad-taste-v-hypocrisy.html
-Lia
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/wikipedia-added-to-child-pornography-blacklist/2008/12/08/1228584723764.html
on the recent scandal - it's not hugely awful - but pretty bad PR generally
for the project :-(
Peter
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