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.
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19527797 > > > > "Author Roth rebukes Wikipedia over Human Stain edit" > > > > "Following the publication of the New Yorker letter, the Wikipedia > > entry was changed and a section noting the debate inserted near its > > end." > > > > Has this been mentioned on any other mailing lists? > > > > I noticed that the article makes the (very common) error/assumption > > that administrators exercise some sort of editorial control, when (in > > principle), it is editors that exercise editorial control (when the > > editorial process works, that is). Do those dealing with Wikipedia > > publicity ever try and correct this misunderstanding, or is it > > near-impossible to get the distinction across to journalists? > > > > Carcharoth > > Roth is an elderly man googling, see > > > http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/09/internet-stain-philip-roth-wikipedia-entry/56646/ > > Our current content seems appropriate. > > 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
