The welcome wagon died a long long time ago. You could revive it.
In this particular case, Jaron Lanier is NO NOVICE to the internet. I wish people would acquaint themselves with the facts. The vast majority of BLP subjects figure out *some* way to maneuver the system. But by all means, if someone wants to patrol BLPs looking for the *possibilty* that some random editor is the subject figure out a way to do it. Complaining about it, doesn't solve anything.
In a message dated 10/28/2008 7:12:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gmaxwell@gmail.com writes:
We could have gotten better results if we listened and used that information to guide our search for verifiable information or if we communicated our limitations and concerns to the person complaining.
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On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:12 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
I wish people would acquaint themselves with the facts.
Oh, this is rich.
On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:09 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
It was not unsourced. It was sourced.
You might not want to demand people acquaint themselves with the facts a mere three minutes after blowing them yourself.
Here is the version immediately prior to Lanier's posting of his complaint: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaron_Lanier&oldid=53617698
Please point to which part of that article is a source for the claim that he is a filmmaker.
Please point to which part of that article sources the summary of McLuhan that forms the final portion of the "Philosophical and technological ideas" section.
And as for
On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:08 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
However the Subject of a BLP you are claiming should be treated differently than all other editors. That is, we should take their word as a source in order to modify their own articles. And not only should we do that (which we already do in part), but we should do it, without even the ability to determine that they are *in fact* the subject of that BLP in the first place.
I am not saying anything of the sort.
-Phil