WikiEN-l April 2005

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Intolerance directed towards Chinese immigrants to America
by Poor, Edmund W 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

While I'm doing my penance, why not read an excellent historical article my church's monthly magazine put out, on "Chinese in America". The Chinese railroad workers showed an admirable industriousness and self-discipline, while receiving significantly less pay than "filthy" whites. "China was the first nation to have a written language and before the early dynasty of Han, they used a knife to mark the writing on freshly slashed, moist sections of bamboo. As the bamboo dried, the records became permanent. When paper was developed, records were kept in books." [http://www.worldandi.com/subscribers/americanwavesdetail.asp?num=12325]

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RE: [WikiEN-l] I'll take care of it (was: Intolerance directedtowardspoor English)
by Poor, Edmund W 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

> >I'm willing to clean up any "poor English" articles you send my way. > > OK Ed - [[Manshukoku Koku KK]] is fresh in. > > Charles Rough copy-edit + moved to [[Manchukuo National Airways]]. Next job, please! Uncle Ed

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RE: [WikiEN-l] Links to porn sites
by Rick 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

--- Kevin Rector <krector(a)Compco.com> wrote: > > --- Kevin Rector <krector(a)Compco.com> wrote: > > > Yeah, to be clear, I'm making no comment on the > > > "goodness" or "badness" > > > of the article it's content or anything at all > to do > > > with the article in > > > question, but the topic of linking to > "commercial" > > > sites. > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > Right. > > > > RickK > > You calling me a liar? > > -Kevin C0nsidering your recent history of demanding the removal of anything that offends you, then, if the shoe fits ... RickK __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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RE: [WikiEN-l] Links to porn sites
by Kevin Rector 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

> --- Kevin Rector <krector(a)Compco.com> wrote: > > Yeah, to be clear, I'm making no comment on the > > "goodness" or "badness" > > of the article it's content or anything at all to do > > with the article in > > question, but the topic of linking to "commercial" > > sites. > > > > -Kevin > > Right. > > RickK You calling me a liar? -Kevin

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I'll take care of it (was: Intolerance directed towards poor English)
by Poor, Edmund W 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

> > Would a simple explanation > on the talk page and a regular call to editors to clean up > the user's bad English in his contributions be enough? If > it's cleaned up, no one can complain about it. > > It is hard to ring-fence the 'problem'. New articles like > [[Yen block]] and > [[yuan of Manchuria]] are being spun out all the time. > > I can quite see why these cause puzzlement. If you don't > know the dialect > ('poses' = 'possess' = 'have') it looks weird. But if people > used CleanUp > as intended it would be better. I'm willing to clean up any "poor English" articles you send my way. Just paste a link at [[user talk:Ed Poor]]. (The other day, I criticized a Korean elder in my church for his broken English, and I need to do penance!) Ed Poor

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RE: [WikiEN-l] Links to porn sites
by Rick 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

--- Kevin Rector <krector(a)Compco.com> wrote: > Right, I hate McDonalds and wish they'd go bankrupt > (not likely). > However, the McDonalds website does provide (at > least the US version) > "nutrition" information as well as other > information. The website isn't > the company's primary commodity, that's all I'm > saying. I'm pretty sure > we're agreeing on this one. > > -Kevin Nope, sorry, just more poorly-disguised censorship. RickK __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Plea for civility (was: Prudishness and censorship)
by Poor, Edmund W 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

BJörn Lindqvist told somebody: > ... you are clueless and prejudiced. One of the most > important rules of rhethorics is that you should not > generalise about groups that may be present in the audience > unless you are ABSOLUTELY SURE that you represent them. Ahem. One of the most important rules of mailing list discussions is that you should not insult other participants in the discussion. Let's all avoid rhetoric like "clueless" or "prejudiced" when describing one another; or, better, try not to make *any* personal remarks at all. Thank you. Ed Poor Former Mailing List Admin Wikipedia Bureaucrat (and general pain in the neck ;-)

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RE: [WikiEN-l] Links to porn sites
by Rick 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

--- Kevin Rector <krector(a)Compco.com> wrote: > Yeah, to be clear, I'm making no comment on the > "goodness" or "badness" > of the article it's content or anything at all to do > with the article in > question, but the topic of linking to "commercial" > sites. > > -Kevin Right. RickK __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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RE: [WikiEN-l] Links to porn sites
by Rick 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

--- Kevin Rector <krector(a)Compco.com> wrote: > I would agree with Tony with a caveat. For a sports > related link you can > often get a lot of information. For instance if you > go to > www.nashvillepredators.com you can get significant > information about the > team (for instance you can get the box scores for > every game the team > has ever played). This information is all freely > available to anyone who > wants it. However, -most- adult oriented sites > simply exist to take your > money and show you porn. > > I would submit that there is a different level of > "commerciality" > involved between the average porn site and the > average non-porn > corporate site since the primary commodity of the > porn site is the porn > site itself. > > I would think that we should be hesitant to link to > any web sites (porn > or otherwise) whose primary commodity is selling > access or "memberships" > to the website, and more liberal with links to other > types of > industries. > > -Kevin Of course you would. You're offended by the image of one blurry breast. A porn site would certainly offend you. I'm surprised your head didn't explode. But if we are going to allow articles on porn stars, and it would be a BIG fight if such a thing were suggested, then we should allow links to their pages and to fan pages, just as we do to any other actor, sports figure, or human being. RickK __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Links to porn sites
by Rick 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

--- Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net> wrote: > It is the Prurient content.... > > Fred So what? RickK __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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