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===The Chronicle of Higher Education=== |
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*[http://chronicle.com/article/The-Undue-Weight-of-Truth-on/130704/ The Undue Weight of Truth], ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' Timothy Messer-Kruse, PhD. |
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Revision as of 17:16, 13 February 2012
In the news
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
- The Undue Weight of Truth, The Chronicle of Higher Education Timothy Messer-Kruse, PhD.
NYT
- Steal This Column, The New York Times op-ed, Bill Keller, NYT Exec Ed.
- What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You, The New York Times op-ed, Cary H. Sherman, CE of the RIAA
- Responses
- Hi Bill Keller. The New York Times just stole our column. Should we sue?, The Boston Phoenix
- Ars Technica
- The Hill
- SearchEngineWatch "Readers, however, had no sympathy for Sherman or the RIAA. Overwhelmingly, readers supported the efforts of Google and Wikipedia to kill the bills."
- RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA, Techdirt
- The Atlantic Wire
- Responses
DeSantis
- Gingrich spokesman defends Wikipedia edits, CNN
- Gingrich Spokesman Constantly Fiddling With Newt’s Wikipedia Page, Wonkette
- Senior Gingrich Campaign Official Scrubbed Infidelity, Tiffany Credit Line From Wikipedia Page, ThinkProgress
- Newt Gingrich’s PR director makes over 60 changes to candidate’s Wikipedia page, Toronto Star
- Joe DeSantis, Newt Gingrich's communications director, made over 60 changes to the GOP candidate's Wikipedia page, Global Post
- Gingrich Wives, Ethics Charges Details Edited by Campaign Aide on Wikipedia, IB Times
- Newt Campaign Defends Wiki Edits, The Daily Beast
- Newt Gingrich's Communications Director Polished Callista's Wikipedia Page 23 Times, Buzzfeed
- The Great Man's Wife, The New York Times: "Gingrich’s communications director, Joe DeSantis, has airbrushed Callista’s Wikipedia page 23 times since 2008, often to banish unflattering details from the site, according to BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski."
- Gingrich Camp Criticized for Editing Wikipedia Pages, Slate.com
In brief
- Wikipedia Entries: How To Tell How True They Are, Discovery News
Slushpile
- The British Library is looking for a Wikipedian-in-residence, Wired
- The Wikipedia Way Of Motivating Your Employees, Fast Company
- Wikipedia data analysis platform gets $5m investment, Research Live
- ED GOLDMAN: Meet Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, Sacramento Business Journal
- Wikipedia Co-Founder Jimmy Wales Talks Business with the Valley Girl, Lalawag
- The Miracle of Japanese Wikipedia, The Phoenix
- No, Wikipedia has not forgiven GoDaddy for backing SOPA, Buzzblog
Discuss this story
FIRST CHANGE:
Original text: "The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of eight police officers, mostly from friendly fire, and an unknown number of civilians."
So-called original research text: "The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of eight police officers and an unknown number of civilians."
The first statement implies that 5 or more of the 8 police deaths were from friendly fire. There are NO published sources which assert that. The second statement, which MesserKruse attempted to install, is factually accurate and backed by sources. Only it's not the version preferred by the "Page Owner," it would seem... The first statement violates NPOV ("not only were the Haymarket martyrs innocent, the bomber didn't kill the cops anyway").
SECOND CHANGE:
Merely switches content in a footnote gloss — the only reason a gloss is there at all is that the "Page Owner" prefers this method of footnoting and reverted my conversion to the Simple Standard System. No article content is changed at all.
In short, MesserKruse did nothing wrong other than come into conflict with an editor in serial violation of WP:OWN. NEITHER footnote gloss should be there and the inserted text of MesserKruse is NPOV, replacing still-standing POV text. Carrite (talk) 17:19, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Paywall?
I'm pretty sure there's no paywall hiding this article. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 03:14, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
History recorded by historian versus history recorded by machine
I'm having some trouble checking the truth of M. Messer-Kruse's account of past events against the actual edit history of the article and account contributions histories, as recorded by MediaWiki. See User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 147#History recorded by historian versus history recorded by machine for details. Uncle G (talk) 08:42, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]