A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
John Lee wrote:
A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_inv...
That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than the RfC.
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
John Lee wrote:
John Lee wrote:
A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_inv...
That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than the RfC.
Oh, we've had a link to that (via http://ln-s.net/$jo) in the #wikipedia topic for about 8 hours now... :)
There's not really any central body you could get in touch with that would mean anything. Each person's office is essentially a little fiefdom.
-k
On 1/30/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
John Lee wrote:
John Lee wrote:
A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_inv...
That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than the RfC.
Oh, we've had a link to that (via http://ln-s.net/$jo) in the #wikipedia topic for about 8 hours now... :)
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On 1/30/06, Katefan0 katefan0wiki@gmail.com wrote:
There's not really any central body you could get in touch with that would mean anything. Each person's office is essentially a little fiefdom.
-k
On 1/30/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
John Lee wrote:
John Lee wrote:
A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_inv...
That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than
the
RfC.
Oh, we've had a link to that (via http://ln-s.net/$jo) in the #wikipedia topic for about 8 hours now... :)
-- Alphax - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax Contributor to Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia "We make the internet not suck" - Jimbo Wales Public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax/OpenPGP
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Whoops, I'll try this again...
Like you say, each of these offices are more or less autonomous. I think the only real thing we can do is embarass them through publicity. If that doesn't work, we'll just have to watch and revert.
Ryan
On 1/30/06, Katefan0 katefan0wiki@gmail.com wrote:
There's not really any central body you could get in touch with that would mean anything. Each person's office is essentially a little fiefdom.
-k
On 1/30/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
John Lee wrote:
John Lee wrote:
A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_inv...
That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than
the
RfC.
Oh, we've had a link to that (via http://ln-s.net/$jo) in the #wikipedia topic for about 8 hours now... :)
-- Alphax - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax Contributor to Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia "We make the internet not suck" - Jimbo Wales Public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax/OpenPGP
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You MAY get some response, on the House side anyway, from Vernon Ehlers, in his capacity as chairman of the House Administration Committee. That committee basically deals with the day-to-day issues of operating the Congress, its chairman is sort of the "mayor of the House."
That'd be my best suggestion, but it's probably still a longshot. Trent Lott is his Senate equivalent (chairs the Senate Rules and Administration committee), but that committee is much less active and has a somewhat different mandate.
-k
On 1/30/06, Ryan Delaney ryan.delaney@gmail.com wrote:
Whoops, I'll try this again...
Like you say, each of these offices are more or less autonomous. I think the only real thing we can do is embarass them through publicity. If that doesn't work, we'll just have to watch and revert.
Ryan
On 1/30/06, Katefan0 katefan0wiki@gmail.com wrote:
There's not really any central body you could get in touch with that
would
mean anything. Each person's office is essentially a little fiefdom.
-k
On 1/30/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
John Lee wrote:
John Lee wrote:
A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela?
Anthere?)
might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
John Lee ([[User:Johnleemk]])
Well, whaddya know; it's on WikiNews!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Congressional_staff_actions_prompt_Wikipedia_inv...
That's probably a more readable explanation of what's going on than
the
RfC.
Oh, we've had a link to that (via http://ln-s.net/$jo) in the
#wikipedia
topic for about 8 hours now... :)
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Ryan Delaney stated for the record:
Whoops, I'll try this again...
Like you say, each of these offices are more or less autonomous. I think the only real thing we can do is embarass them through publicity. If that doesn't work, we'll just have to watch and revert.
Ryan
I doubt you can embarrass a congresscritter; they'll just disavow all knowledge of their (anonymous) staffers' activities.
- -- Sean Barrett | That would have worked if you hadn't sean@epoptic.org | stopped me. --Dr. Egon Spengler
Ryan Delaney wrote:
Whoops, I'll try this again...
Like you say, each of these offices are more or less autonomous. I think the only real thing we can do is embarass them through publicity. If that doesn't work, we'll just have to watch and revert.
My secret dream is to see the United States Congress hauled up before the Arbitration Committee. Maybe we could get them to pass clearer fair-use legislation as part of their parole.
THAT'S your secret dream? =D
-k
On 1/30/06, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Ryan Delaney wrote:
Whoops, I'll try this again...
Like you say, each of these offices are more or less autonomous. I think
the
only real thing we can do is embarass them through publicity. If that doesn't work, we'll just have to watch and revert.
My secret dream is to see the United States Congress hauled up before the Arbitration Committee. Maybe we could get them to pass clearer fair-use legislation as part of their parole. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
On 1/30/06, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
My secret dream is to see the United States Congress hauled up before the Arbitration Committee. Maybe we could get them to pass clearer fair-use legislation as part of their parole.
Waste of time. Their parole can be to pass laws licensing all works as copyleft.
-- Sam
Anthere was working on it yesterday.
Fred
On Jan 30, 2006, at 4:19 AM, John Lee wrote:
A most interesting case, ladies and gentlemen: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/United States Congress]]
"This RFC concerns the behavior of editors from the United States Congress". This could possibly set a precedent for how we deal with vandalism from organisations trying to push their POV. We should probably contact someone at Congress to let them know how their reputations are being soiled on Wikipedia. I'm no good at understanding the consequences or repercussions of this, so I just think somebody involved with the Foundation (Jimbo? Angela? Anthere?) might be interested in this. Certainly we don't get vandalised by Congress everyday. :)
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