tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313 Arthur D. Hlavaty Arthur D. Hlavaty 2019-03-10T00:05:29Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:2254483 2019-03-10T00:05:29Z 2019-03-10T00:05:29Z public 0 <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2019/03/wikipedia-citogenesis-circular-reporting-problem.html?">The circular reporting problem in Wikipedia</a> [Slate]<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=2254483" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:1610872 2016-01-17T12:15:26Z 2016-01-17T12:15:26Z public 0 <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-edited-wikipedia-pages-over-the-last-15-years/">The Most-Edited Wikipedia Pages Over The Last 15 Years</a>. Who knew there was such controversy over the Geospatial summary of the High Peaks/Summits of the Juneau Icefield?<br /><br />Thanx to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/'><b>andrewducker</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=1610872" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:156313:997611 2013-05-14T16:42:34Z 2013-05-14T16:43:03Z public 0 A British writer, attempting to correct a misstatement in her own Wikipedia entry, ran afoul of a sinister entity known as Orange Mike (alias <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://orangemike.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://orangemike.livejournal.com/'><b>orangemike</b></a></span>), and reported it in the British press. He was of course simply enforcing a reasonable rule, and the answer to her dilemma is to ask someone else to do the correction. Supergee also does Wikipedia editing, but pretty much sticks to grammatical/style nitpicks. <a href="http://file770.com/?p=12847">Reported in File 770.</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=997611" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments