The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
Pcb21
*that's the American one, in case you were wondering
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
Pcb21
*that's the American one, in case you were wondering
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On 4/27/06, Michael Lindeen wikikitty@gmail.com wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
I'm assuming that the reporter got this wrong: "The resignation came after Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed that the addition to the biography came from an IP address affiliated with the Cox campaign."
Because if that's true, it's kind of a lame move.
On 4/27/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, Michael Lindeen wikikitty@gmail.com wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
I'm assuming that the reporter got this wrong: "The resignation came after Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed that the addition to the biography came from an IP address affiliated with the Cox campaign."
Because if that's true, it's kind of a lame move.
p.s. Funny that someone is forced to resign for adding true information....
The Cunctator wrote:
On 4/27/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, Michael Lindeen wikikitty@gmail.com wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
I'm assuming that the reporter got this wrong: "The resignation came after Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed that the addition to the biography came from an IP address affiliated with the Cox campaign."
Because if that's true, it's kind of a lame move.
p.s. Funny that someone is forced to resign for adding true information....
Nothing funny about it. There is more to ethics than whether a statement is true or false. The "truth" was about the candidate's son rather than the candidate himself. Unless the family member had a direct involvement in the campaign it is unethical to go into detail abut that family member's wrongdoings.
Having the information there may or may not be within Wikipedia's rules, and we can only act within those rules. But we were not the ones who forced him to resign, the candidate employer was, and IMHO the candidate acted correctly.
Ec
On 4/27/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, Michael Lindeen wikikitty@gmail.com wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
I'm assuming that the reporter got this wrong: "The resignation came after Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed that the addition to the biography came from an IP address affiliated with the Cox campaign."
Because if that's true, it's kind of a lame move.
The person makeing the edit wasn't logged in so anyone could run a whois.
-- geni
On 4/27/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, Michael Lindeen wikikitty@gmail.com wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
I'm assuming that the reporter got this wrong: "The resignation came
after
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed that the addition to the
biography
came from an IP address affiliated with the Cox campaign."
Because if that's true, it's kind of a lame move.
The person makeing the edit wasn't logged in so anyone could run a whois.
That's what I figured. If only that CNN article were editable....
On 4/27/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/27/06, Michael Lindeen wikikitty@gmail.com wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett <pcb21@yahoo.com > wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
I'm assuming that the reporter got this wrong: "The resignation came
after
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales confirmed that the addition to the
biography
came from an IP address affiliated with the Cox campaign."
Because if that's true, it's kind of a lame move.
The person makeing the edit wasn't logged in so anyone could run a whois.
That's what I figured. If only that CNN article were editable....
It would still be lame if Jimbo ran the whois.
----- Original Message ---- From: The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com
It would still be lame if Jimbo ran the whois.
I'd've thought it would be more like "Mr. Wales can you confirm for us that IP address XXX edited Wikipedia article YYY to say ZZZ"
Jimbo clicks "history", clicks "diff" ... "Uh, yes."
Standard journalistic practice to get an outside to confirm events. Normally it would be "a Wikipedia spokesperson confirmed..." but they get extra bonus gravitas in their article by having the real-life President of the Foundation do it.
p.s. Should we be adding
"* Enables you to make smears against your political opponents without getting caught"
to [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?]] ?
On 4/28/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
----- Original Message ---- From: The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com
It would still be lame if Jimbo ran the whois.
I'd've thought it would be more like "Mr. Wales can you confirm for us that IP address XXX edited Wikipedia article YYY to say ZZZ"
Jimbo clicks "history", clicks "diff" ... "Uh, yes."
Standard journalistic practice to get an outside to confirm events. Normally it would be "a Wikipedia spokesperson confirmed..." but they get extra bonus gravitas in their article by having the real-life President of the Foundation do it.
p.s. Should we be adding
"* Enables you to make smears against your political opponents without getting caught"
to [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?]] ?
Heh, maybe there should be a rule that anyone with CheckUser privileges can't run for political office.
Anthony
Michael Lindeen wrote:
Yes. And as we get larger and more prominent, this will become more common, not less. Mike
On 4/27/06, Pete Bartlett pcb21@yahoo.com wrote:
The campaign manager of a candidate in the Georgia (*) gubernatorial election has resigned after someone in his office changed the bio of her opponent.
Full story at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/cox.wikipedia/
Another reminder to us and our fellow editors of the huge responsibilty we all bear these days to edit well.
Pcb21
*that's the American one, in case you were wondering
We really need to look at the positive side of these incidents. When a traditional newspaper would include hurtful comments of this sort it could bury a retraction at the bottom of an even-numbered page a few days later. Someone who would spread defamatory rumours in a Wikipedia biography would be just as likely to do it elsewhere. If these people are4 more easily exposed it good be a good effect on the practice of politics..
Ec