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David Gerard

21 Oct 2008 21 Oct '08

3:25 a.m.

How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]? http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Anatomii-of-a-Hack.aspx - d.

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geni

21 Oct 21 Oct

3:59 a.m.

2008/10/21 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:

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How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]? http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Anatomii-of-a-Hack.aspx - d.

A while. A good first step towards creating one would be to create a section in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_culture "...stickler editors patrol the site flagging unattributed facts with the label "citation needed." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/business/media/23link.html?_r=4&oref=… "Now some sourcing enthusiasts have liberated the "[citation needed]" tag from its cyber origins." http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-174971675.html (same incerdent) "One of my favorite quirks about" Wikipedia, Mechtley writes on his blog, Biphenyl (biphenyl.org/blog), "are the little [citation needed] tags that users can place in an article, indicating that a dubious..." http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15037358.html There is also some stuff from the launch of Veropedia that might be possible to get in. Not there yet but perhaps with a bit more digging something could be put together. What may be of interest is: http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/Wikipedia%3ACitation_needed Surprising number of people appear to actually be clicking the link. -- geni

Oskar Sigvardsson

6:25 a.m.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:59 AM, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote: <snip>

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What may be of interest is: http://stats.grok.se/en/200810/Wikipedia%3ACitation_needed Surprising number of people appear to actually be clicking the link.

Not really. Millions of people see that link every day, and yet only about 16k people click it. Any link which appears on that many pages will get a lot of hits, but the page isn't getting extraordinary amounts of traffic. --Oskar

Ron Ritzman

22 Oct 22 Oct

12:23 p.m.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:25 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]?

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http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Anatomii-of-a-Hack.aspx

In AD 2008, wheel war was beginning. Captain: What happen Crew: Somebody set up us the nom (AFD) Crew: We get signal Captain: What Crew: Main screen turn on Captain: It's you JIMS: How are you gentlemen JIMS: All your {{fact}} are belong to us Captain: What you say JIMS: You are on the way to deletion JIMS: You have no chance to survive make your time HAHAHAHAHA! No someone go make a flash video.

Andrew Gray

4:39 p.m.

2008/10/21 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:

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How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]?

This is Entirely Your Fault, you understand? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shimgray/Citation_needed -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

David Gerard

4:44 p.m.

2008/10/22 Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com>om>:

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2008/10/21 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:

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> How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]?

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This is Entirely Your Fault, you understand? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shimgray/Citation_needed

I'd like to see a lot more documentation of wider use of this term before it's an article, but that's a very good start! - d.

Kevin Wong

23 Oct 23 Oct

2:14 a.m.

I call dibs on writing that article once it gets notable enough. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:44 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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2008/10/22 Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com>om>:

2008/10/21 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:

> How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]?

This is Entirely Your Fault, you understand? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shimgray/Citation_needed

I'd like to see a lot more documentation of wider use of this term before it's an article, but that's a very good start! - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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K. Peachey

2:49 a.m.

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Kevin Wong <wikipedianmarlith(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I call dibs on writing that article once it gets notable enough.

Nothing is notable until someone starts to write it.

Charlotte Webb

5:44 p.m.

On 10/22/08, Kevin Wong <wikipedianmarlith(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I call dibs on writing that article once it gets notable enough.

If any Americans still read this mailing list I triple-dog dare them to unfurl a [citation needed] banner at a large rally before the presidential candidate of their choosing. —C.W.

Marc Riddell

6:07 p.m.

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On 10/22/08, Kevin Wong <wikipedianmarlith(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I call dibs on writing that article once it gets notable enough.

on 10/23/08 1:44 PM, Charlotte Webb at charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com wrote:

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If any Americans still read this mailing list I triple-dog dare them to unfurl a [citation needed] banner at a large rally before the presidential candidate of their choosing.

I just might take you up on that, CW. Of course Palin will immediately whip out her King James. Oh well, I've been tossed out of better places than a Republican rally :-). Marc

geni

6:15 p.m.

2008/10/23 Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net>et>:

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I just might take you up on that, CW. Of course Palin will immediately whip out her King James. Oh well, I've been tossed out of better places than a Republican rally :-).

Are you suggesting that Palin traveled through or over Canadian territory with a King James bible therefor violating Canadian copyright law? Okey so the law is kinda unclear on that point and I'm not aware of any caselaw. -- geni

Charlotte Webb

6:50 p.m.

On 10/23/08, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:

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I just might take you up on that, CW. Of course Palin will immediately whip out her King James. Oh well, I've been tossed out of better places than a Republican rally :-).

Just don't joke about it on-site or you'll be lynch-monished for violating BLP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP/N#Accusation_about_Sarah_Palin —C.W.

Nathan

6:09 p.m.

I would, but neither candidate will ever visit my state. ~Nathan On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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If any Americans still read this mailing list I triple-dog dare them to unfurl a [citation needed] banner at a large rally before the presidential candidate of their choosing. —C.W. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Elias Friedman

2:44 a.m.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:44 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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2008/10/22 Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com>om>:

2008/10/21 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:

> How long until there's an entry on [[Citation needed]]?

This is Entirely Your Fault, you understand? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shimgray/Citation_needed

I'd like to see a lot more documentation of wider use of this term before it's an article, but that's a very good start! - d.

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