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Al Tally

31 Dec 2008 31 Dec '08

8:01 p.m.

A meetup[1] is being planned for Manchester - please sign up if interested! Thanks. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4 -- Alex (User:Majorly)

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Thomas Dalton

1 Jan 1 Jan

3:56 a.m.

I'm on holiday and extremely tired, so I won't follow the link, but if it's the 3rd or 4th weekend of January, I may be interested (other commitments may arise). 2008/12/31 Al Tally <majorly.wiki(a)googlemail.com>om>:

A meetup[1] is being planned for Manchester - please sign up if interested! Thanks. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4 -- Alex (User:Majorly) _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

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Al Tally

3 Jan 3 Jan

7:35 p.m.

Date is now finalised as Saturday 14th March, at 1pm (time based on London meetups which seems to be a good setup). Please sign up if you can make it[1] - if you'd like to be reminded about it nearer the time, please sign your name in the reminders section - no excuses! :-) If you can't make it but would like to be notified of UK meetups, please sign your name on [2]. Even if you can make it and want to be notified of future meetups, please sign too! Thanks, and looking forward to March! [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UK#List -- Alex (User:Majorly)

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michael west

7:53 p.m.

2009/1/3 Al Tally <majorly.wiki(a)googlemail.com>

Date is now finalised as Saturday 14th March, at 1pm (time based on London meetups which seems to be a good setup). Please sign up if you can make it[1] - if you'd like to be reminded about it nearer the time, please sign your name in the reminders section - no excuses! :-) If you can't make it but would like to be notified of UK meetups, please sign your name on [2]. Even if you can make it and want to be notified of future meetups, please sign too! Thanks, and looking forward to March! [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UK#List -- Alex (User:Majorly)

Is the meet up just for editors? - I retired a year ago from editing but still read and use wikipedia. It seems a little extreme to bar non-editors, its a social. m

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Al Tally

8:03 p.m.

2009/1/3 michael west <michawest(a)gmail.com>

Is the meet up just for editors? - I retired a year ago from editing but still read and use wikipedia. It seems a little extreme to bar non-editors, its a social. m

No, anyone may attend. -- Alex (User:Majorly)

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michael west

8:31 p.m.

2009/1/3 Al Tally <majorly.wiki(a)googlemail.com>

2009/1/3 michael west <michawest(a)gmail.com>

Is the meet up just for editors? - I retired a year ago from editing but still read and use wikipedia. It seems a little extreme to bar non-editors, its a social. m

No, anyone may attend. -- Alex (User:Majorly)

Thanks for the reply on-wiki Alex. There is certainly nothing bizarre about wishing to attend after a years absence from editing. I've been a member of this list for 18months and can't recall any mention of Manchester meetup 2 or 3 ever being advertised on the list. Meetup 2 was mentioned on the GM project. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia *anyone *can edit. I have not been barred from editing and do edit under a wikiname that wouldn't link me to my past. I'm not 45 and from AL so attending the meetup in that guise would be far stranger than a lapsed editor showing an interest. Wikipedia doesn't mandate its editors to be truthful, do untruths help swing xfds or Rfa's? - I think thats doubtful - consistant editing and sourcing makes wikipedia good. m

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AndrewRT

4 Jan 4 Jan

6:09 p.m.

On Jan 3, 7:31 pm, "michael west" <michaw...(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Wikipedia is the encyclopedia *anyone *can edit. I have not been barred from editing and do edit under a wikiname that wouldn't link me to my past.

I think one of the strengths of wikipedia is that contributions are taken at face value for what they are, rather than based on who submits them. The sourcing should speak for itself!

... Wikipedia doesn't mandate its editors to be truthful

From what I understand no editor is expected to reveal more about

themselves - or their editing past - than they feel comfortable with. Don't ask and don't tell is my view. However, I'm sure I would agree that lying is ok on wikipedia - please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Honesty for an essay on the subject. Regards, Andrew

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