A new Wikipedian (SPA as-yet but meh) who is a reporter has been asking users about their experience of updating articles with the latest information about subjects, specifically the recent death of Anna Nicole Smith and how the article was managed by Wikipedians - the usual reverting (WP:BLP, {{fact}}) to vandalism afterwards. Says he thinks it would make an interesting article (for his paper :)).
I don't know what the users he's contacted have said, but I thought he could be pointed to, for example, WP:BLP and its notice board, and how we dealt with [[Kenneth Lay]]'s death, which journalists before I recall were impressed with.
Oops. Some context would be helpful...
User_talk:Richardrushfield
On 2/12/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
A new Wikipedian (SPA as-yet but meh) who is a reporter has been asking users about their experience of updating articles with the latest information about subjects, specifically the recent death of Anna Nicole Smith and how the article was managed by Wikipedians - the usual reverting (WP:BLP, {{fact}}) to vandalism afterwards. Says he thinks it would make an interesting article (for his paper :)).
I don't know what the users he's contacted have said, but I thought he could be pointed to, for example, WP:BLP and its notice board, and how we dealt with [[Kenneth Lay]]'s death, which journalists before I recall were impressed with.
-- Gary Kirk
Quick Google search confirms that a Richard Rushfield works for the Times, at least.
On 13/02/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
Oops. Some context would be helpful...
User_talk:Richardrushfield
On 2/12/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
A new Wikipedian (SPA as-yet but meh) who is a reporter has been asking users about their experience of updating articles with the latest information about subjects, specifically the recent death of Anna Nicole Smith and how the article was managed by Wikipedians - the usual reverting (WP:BLP, {{fact}}) to vandalism afterwards. Says he thinks it would make an interesting article (for his paper :)).
I don't know what the users he's contacted have said, but I thought he could be pointed to, for example, WP:BLP and its notice board, and how we dealt with [[Kenneth Lay]]'s death, which journalists before I recall were impressed with.
-- Gary Kirk
-- Gary Kirk
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On 12/02/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
A new Wikipedian (SPA as-yet but meh) who is a reporter has been asking users about their experience of updating articles with the latest information about subjects, specifically the recent death of Anna Nicole Smith and how the article was managed by Wikipedians - the usual reverting (WP:BLP, {{fact}}) to vandalism afterwards. Says he thinks it would make an interesting article (for his paper :)).
I don't know what the users he's contacted have said, but I thought he could be pointed to, for example, WP:BLP and its notice board, and how we dealt with [[Kenneth Lay]]'s death, which journalists before I recall were impressed with.
Our handling of Andrea Dworkin's death was covered by the Guardian, as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Andrea_Dworkin/Archive1#Death_confirmation http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2005/04/12/wikipedia_first_with_th...
On 2/13/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
A new Wikipedian (SPA as-yet but meh) who is a reporter has been asking users about their experience of updating articles with the latest information about subjects, specifically the recent death of Anna Nicole Smith and how the article was managed by Wikipedians - the usual reverting (WP:BLP, {{fact}}) to vandalism afterwards. Says he thinks it would make an interesting article (for his paper :)).
I don't know what the users he's contacted have said, but I thought he could be pointed to, for example, WP:BLP and its notice board, and how we dealt with [[Kenneth Lay]]'s death, which journalists before I recall were impressed with.
One recent death that is still quite difficult to find online news of is [[Gareth Roberts (scientist)]]. User 163.1.7.205 (mostly a SPA) updated the article on 15:37, 6 February 2007, and I added a source at 16:00, 6 February 2007.
-- John
On 13/02/07, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/13/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
A new Wikipedian (SPA as-yet but meh) who is a reporter has been asking users about their experience of updating articles with the latest information about subjects, specifically the recent death of Anna Nicole Smith and how the article was managed by Wikipedians - the usual reverting (WP:BLP, {{fact}}) to vandalism afterwards. Says he thinks it would make an interesting article (for his paper :)).
I don't know what the users he's contacted have said, but I thought he could be pointed to, for example, WP:BLP and its notice board, and how we dealt with [[Kenneth Lay]]'s death, which journalists before I recall were impressed with.
One recent death that is still quite difficult to find online news of is [[Gareth Roberts (scientist)]]. User 163.1.7.205 (mostly a SPA) updated the article on 15:37, 6 February 2007, and I added a source at 16:00, 6 February 2007.
"The College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Sir Gareth Roberts, President, on Tuesday, 6 February 2007"
[Last modified:2:44pm on the 6th of February 2007]
Not much news, sure, but it's pretty timely confirmation.
All right, if you're going to use acronyms, please create the relevant article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SPA
On 2/12/07, Gary Kirk gary.kirk@gmail.com wrote:
A new Wikipedian (SPA as-yet but meh) who is a reporter has been asking users about their experience of updating articles with the latest information about subjects, specifically the recent death of Anna Nicole Smith and how the article was managed by Wikipedians - the usual reverting (WP:BLP, {{fact}}) to vandalism afterwards. Says he thinks it would make an interesting article (for his paper :)).
I don't know what the users he's contacted have said, but I thought he could be pointed to, for example, WP:BLP and its notice board, and how we dealt with [[Kenneth Lay]]'s death, which journalists before I recall were impressed with.
-- Gary Kirk
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On 2/13/07, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
All right, if you're going to use acronyms, please create the relevant article.
done.
-- John
On 2/13/07, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
All right, if you're going to use acronyms, please create the relevant article.
Or you could, you know, go to WP:SPA that's been around since april of last year.