I agree with Sean,
But would like to point out again that he did already post a comment to the petitioner's page to explain the process of Wikipedia editing, which I believe is as close as can be to Diptanshu's suggestion of reaching out to the petitioner's with the information contained in this thread. Which again (thanks to Sean) is publicly posted on said petitioner's page as:
"There is no need to create a petition to change Wikipedia. The current text is written by people just like ourselves. Anyone can edit Wikipedia to state whatever they can substantiate by reference to reliable sources. The contents of this petition and letter contain sufficient justification to edit wikipedia and state your pov and give the sources for it taken from reliable and authentic authorities writings and so forth. There is no need to seek anyone's permission to do this. Even if there is a clash between your biews and those of others who believe homeothepay is a "quack", one can register one's views, quoting these reliable sources, as an alternative and more acceptable pov. At worst, one can present it as a "controversy" which gives equal exposure to both views and allows the reader to make up their minds or to look into the sources quoted in order to find out more"
On Sep 20, 2017 05:15, wikimedia-medicine-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:24:47 +0530 From: Diptanshu Das das.diptanshu@gmail.com To: Wiki Medicine discussion wikimedia-medicine@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wiki-Medicine] Petition pertaining to the Wikipedia article on Homeopathy Message-ID: CADcdAx92sH0oKLiGMTVNaOABt3jM8jBXdpwLuBp4hUWPFnTenA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I am not the petitioner. The petitioner is not present in is group and therefore cannot read the discussions here. The petitioner possibly does not even know how to read or participate in discussions related to pages or topics. It is futile to discuss among ourselves. Would somebody like to reach out to the petitioner with the information contained in this discussion thread?
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On 20 September 2017 at 13:48, Sean Jones seanj@losmasos.com wrote:
Ha ha. The issue is not having a petition to force anyone to do anything, but presenting our views on Wikipedia to counter the views of
homeopathy’s
critics. It is an open source of debate. If you have an issue about the
law
of gravity you are welcome to compose an article on it and post it to Wikipedia. I am sure there is someone who has posted an article about Flat-earthers already, either for or against. All ideas are welcome – it
is
an encyclopedia written for the people by the people, and hopefully
written
by people who know what they are talking about on their particular
subject.
All views are welcome, provided that they are cited from reliable and authentic published sources. So those who want to challenge what they consider the wrong views of those who have posted their persona (or official) views denigrating Homeopathy are now required to simply log in
to
Wikipedia and present their refutation of those wrong views, based on irrefutable citations from published sources. That’s all you need to do,
so
just get on with it instead of mumbling amongst yourselves about how
unfair
it is and organising a petition to an authority that does not exist.
*From:* Wikimedia-Medicine [mailto:wikimedia-medicine- bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Peter Southwood *Sent:* 20 September 2017 00:11 *To:* 'Wiki Medicine discussion' *Subject:* Re: [Wiki-Medicine] Petition pertaining to the Wikipedia article on Homeopathy
Maybe next they will have a petition to repeal the law of gravity
Cheers,
P
*From:* Wikimedia-Medicine [mailto:wikimedia-medicine- bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Diptanshu Das *Sent:* Tuesday, 19 September 2017 7:16 PM *To:* Wiki Medicine discussion; wjmboard *Subject:* [Wiki-Medicine] Petition pertaining to the Wikipedia article on Homeopathy
I would like to bring your attention to the petition
https://www.change.org/p/wikipedia-changing-wikipedia- s-article-on-homoeopathy
Regards
Diptanshu
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