Entmoot Wiki - Page 3

GreyMouser · 06-28-2006, 10:52 AM

Made my first (and probably last) edit at Wiki- added a reference to Fritz Leiber`s ChangeWar series in the `Alternate History- Fiction` article.

Anyone else (sorry, my question mark key has suddenly died)

Elfhelm · 06-28-2006, 02:04 PM

Yes, there is a Star Trek wiki called Memory Alpha and I edited the Vic Fontaine material. They had all his songs as "a song by Frank Sinatra". Sinatra didn't write a song in his life! So I put the actual lyrics and composer information there. That's my one and only wiki edit ever. It was a lot more work than I ever imagined.

sun-star · 06-28-2006, 02:08 PM

Yeah, I took out a reference to a tourist attraction near where I live which is now closed. Didn't want people turning up and being disappointed

However, realising how easy it is for anyone to make edits like that has made me very cautious about believing anything Wiki says.

BeardofPants · 06-28-2006, 02:51 PM

That's true sun-star, but as a general rule, you should cross-check everything before using it as a tool - that's what I do.

Spock · 06-28-2006, 03:08 PM

All Wiki stuff can be discussed in one place.

*merged*

Elfhelm · 06-28-2006, 04:18 PM

Speaking of which. Should the Moot be an External Link at the Wikipedia's Lord of the Rings page?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-28-2006, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterbeer

isn't merely having you Hobbit , me and Gwai here at the moot, enough?

I'm pretty sure it is.

Quote:

..yours is already on the web mate!!

No fair! I shouldn't get one before everyone else!

Quote:

Originally Posted by EH

Should the Moot be an External Link at the Wikipedia's Lord of the Rings page?

Definitely! We should be under news and fan sites. Ipse dixi.

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-28-2006, 09:48 PM

Cooool, I just did my first Wikipedia edit! I corrected a translation from the Latin.

GreyMouser · 06-30-2006, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sun-star

Yeah, I took out a reference to a tourist attraction near where I live which is now closed. Didn't want people turning up and being disappointed

However, realising how easy it is for anyone to make edits like that has made me very cautious about believing anything Wiki says.

Yeah, I know what you mean- I was expecting some kind of review or challenge, but it just popped right up on the page.

I`ve seen a couple of articles there that I regard as blatantly biased; makes you wonder how much slips under the radar.

***Earniel*** · 06-30-2006, 04:26 AM

Much IMO. A while ago there was a lot to do about a student that had put on the Wikipedia a bit where he said one of his professors at the university was dead. Wikipedia accepted it without fail. The professor in question was not amused.

Elfhelm · 06-30-2006, 09:41 AM

And there was the famous case of the guy who claimed his co-worker was involved in the Kennedy assassination.

I wish people were equally skeptical about standard texts like the dictionary. Webster's Third, for instance, conflates infer and imply.

By the way, if you think a section of an article is prejudiced, you can discuss it in a related page.

trolls' bane · 07-08-2006, 09:25 PM

Wow, ain't this a surprising bump. Ben found the idea interesting, and I'm not sure where he's gone from there.
As for the general Entmoot article in standard Wikipedia, I have done nothing. I don't know what I'll say.

***HOBBIT*** · 07-09-2006, 01:42 PM

don't wait for Ben (bmilder) to do anything - because he won't.

trolls' bane · 07-09-2006, 06:05 PM

Beleive me, I know.

06-28-2006, 10:52 AM	#41
GreyMouser Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 301	Have you Wikied Made my first (and probably last) edit at Wiki- added a reference to Fritz Leiber`s ChangeWar series in the `Alternate History- Fiction` article. Anyone else (sorry, my question mark key has suddenly died)

06-28-2006, 02:51 PM	#44
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	That's true sun-star, but as a general rule, you should cross-check everything before using it as a tool - that's what I do. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-28-2006, 03:08 PM	#45
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	All Wiki stuff can be discussed in one place. merged __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

06-28-2006, 09:48 PM	#48
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Cooool, I just did my first Wikipedia edit! I corrected a translation from the Latin. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

06-30-2006, 04:26 AM	#50
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Much IMO. A while ago there was a lot to do about a student that had put on the Wikipedia a bit where he said one of his professors at the university was dead. Wikipedia accepted it without fail. The professor in question was not amused. __________________ We are not things.

06-28-2006, 02:04 PM	#42
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Yes, there is a Star Trek wiki called Memory Alpha and I edited the Vic Fontaine material. They had all his songs as "a song by Frank Sinatra". Sinatra didn't write a song in his life! So I put the actual lyrics and composer information there. That's my one and only wiki edit ever. It was a lot more work than I ever imagined.

06-28-2006, 02:08 PM	#43
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Yeah, I took out a reference to a tourist attraction near where I live which is now closed. Didn't want people turning up and being disappointed However, realising how easy it is for anyone to make edits like that has made me very cautious about believing anything Wiki says.

06-28-2006, 04:18 PM	#46
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Speaking of which. Should the Moot be an External Link at the Wikipedia's Lord of the Rings page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings

06-30-2006, 09:41 AM	#51
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	And there was the famous case of the guy who claimed his co-worker was involved in the Kennedy assassination. I wish people were equally skeptical about standard texts like the dictionary. Webster's Third, for instance, conflates infer and imply. By the way, if you think a section of an article is prejudiced, you can discuss it in a related page.

07-08-2006, 09:25 PM	#52
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Wow, ain't this a surprising bump. Ben found the idea interesting, and I'm not sure where he's gone from there. As for the general Entmoot article in standard Wikipedia, I have done nothing. I don't know what I'll say. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

07-09-2006, 01:42 PM	#53
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	don't wait for Ben (bmilder) to do anything - because he won't. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

07-09-2006, 06:05 PM	#54
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Beleive me, I know. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

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