Wow high and mighty much? I haven't had chance to look into this; but I bet I know what I will find. Someone being a bit of a jerk to him, which has led to having to take this approach. Which is about rebutting Wikipedia rather than the source which we cited.
Rather than whining about him we need to see the problem; it's an attitude problem HERE. Tom Morton On 8 Sep 2012, at 14:53, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: >> Fred, you say" Roth is an elderly man googling" and I am wondering if >> there >> is an age at which people using Wikipedia in the estimation of this list >> become unfit to drive? >> Roth is an active writer and renowned, Nobel Prize finalist...right this >> moment..to dismiss him as "an elderly man googling" underscores why >> there >> may be intergenerational unease on this enterprise. Show respect.This >> comment that "Roth is an elderly man googling is spiteful and not a valid >> point. > > I'm older than he is. Roth is not the the first celebrity to think he > could dictate Wikipedia content. Michael Moore also felt he could throw > his weight around. And, no, I don't respect that move. Instead of > spending decades on line they wrote books and produced documentaries; > they are Noobies here regardless of their accomplishments elsewhere; > crying babies squalling and throwing their rattles. > > Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
