On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 19:00, daniwo59@aol.com wrote:

I've been going back and forth on this Minoa/Minoan civilization thing with Lir. Obviously, she is wrong. I have consulted with several people, including a respected archeologist, though I don't know why I bother. She seems intent on bringing a mad array of proofs, almost all of them web-based, including computer games (though she is now excited that she found a proof in the Book of Mormon). I can go back and forth in an edit war, but frankly, I've got a lot better things to do. Nor is this the first time she has inserted questionable information: Columbus and Iowa State are two examples. Frankly, it's frustrating, especially when I actually go to the trouble to research the subject. It seems like a huge waste of time, but I don't want to see Wikipedia transformed into a joke either or have baseless "facts" empowered just because of a user's bullying. Any suggestions?

I recommend either adding in the new information you've learned (which is why we bother--learning is fun), making a copy of the article and adding the new information to that copy (make a page in the User space or on Meta), and/or sticking the article on your watchlist and waiting a week. Then put in the article you think is right. Do this once a week. Or once a month.

Actually, that's not the most effective technique of dealing with the issue, but the above methods take minimal effort.

Just don't let yourself get upset.

--tc