http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-...
- d.
A edit by User:Awohlgemuth, who judging from his name seems to be Alex Wohl, author of the blog, seems to address this matter on the [[Tom C. Clark]] article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_C._Clark&diff=568609754&a...
It does not seem to have been in the article prior to his edits, although I have not searched the history. The title of the blog seems to exploit our low reputation.
Fred
I've NPOV'd the paragraph, and I will try to locate additional sources on the subject.
Newyorkbrad
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.netwrote:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-...
- d.
A edit by User:Awohlgemuth, who judging from his name seems to be Alex Wohl, author of the blog, seems to address this matter on the [[Tom C. Clark]] article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_C._Clark&diff=568609754&a...
It does not seem to have been in the article prior to his edits, although I have not searched the history. The title of the blog seems to exploit our low reputation.
Fred
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I wasn't thinking so much in terms of Wikipedia itself, as the article being about one of the big problems with bios anywhere, including on Wikipedia. And particularly living bios.
On 23 September 2013 17:58, Newyorkbrad newyorkbrad@gmail.com wrote:
I've NPOV'd the paragraph, and I will try to locate additional sources on the subject.
Newyorkbrad
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.netwrote:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-...
- d.
A edit by User:Awohlgemuth, who judging from his name seems to be Alex Wohl, author of the blog, seems to address this matter on the [[Tom C. Clark]] article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_C._Clark&diff=568609754&a...
It does not seem to have been in the article prior to his edits, although I have not searched the history. The title of the blog seems to exploit our low reputation.
Fred
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On 23 September 2013 16:35, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-...
A. B said A. C wrote that B said A. These are all different, and we should bear that in mind.
My favourite example is Queen Elizabeth's famous speech at Tilbury. We have a decent article on that. There are actually two sources for it, and they aren't compatible. The more probable one is hearsay, from a guy who used to do the speech she made as a kind of party piece. Most raconteurs embroider.
Charles
Despite the title of the blog post, the poster's gripe isn't really with Wikipedia; it's with a book that came out in 1973.
Tom Clark of course isn't living today, though he was in 1973.
FYI, the veracity of the disputed quotation by Truman about Clark has been debated by Supreme Court historians for years. This is not a new issue by any means.
Newyorkbrad
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:10 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
I wasn't thinking so much in terms of Wikipedia itself, as the article being about one of the big problems with bios anywhere, including on Wikipedia. And particularly living bios.
On 23 September 2013 17:58, Newyorkbrad newyorkbrad@gmail.com wrote:
I've NPOV'd the paragraph, and I will try to locate additional sources on the subject.
Newyorkbrad
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote:
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/09/writing-biography-in-the-age-of-wikipedia-...
- d.
A edit by User:Awohlgemuth, who judging from his name seems to be Alex Wohl, author of the blog, seems to address this matter on the [[Tom C. Clark]] article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_C._Clark&diff=568609754&a...
It does not seem to have been in the article prior to his edits,
although
I have not searched the history. The title of the blog seems to exploit our low reputation.
Fred
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On 09/23/13 11:10 AM, David Gerard wrote:
I wasn't thinking so much in terms of Wikipedia itself, as the article being about one of the big problems with bios anywhere, including on Wikipedia. And particularly living bios.
There are risks to preferring published sources while condemning original research.
Ray
On 24 September 2013 10:06, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
There are risks to preferring published sources while condemning
original research.
And vice versa.
Charles