What Web server logs? I don't have access to the logs.
I think only Lee, Brion Vibber, and Jimmy have access to the logs. It's a good idea, though.
...and Axel, Magnus, Neil, and anyone who asks nicely. I'll gzip some of them up and put them in /tarballs so others can do some analysis.
I've been randomly looking through the referer log for the last day or so, and have found a few amusing things.
Here's a site that republishes some Wikipedia articles: http://din-timelines.com/cyclopedia/dir/index.shtml
This is rather tasteful compared with the Fact Factory; there are ad banners at the top and bottom, but not too obstrusive, and everything is explicitly credited and linked to Wikipedia -- there's even links to take you to the article at Wikipedia for view or edit. It's not a fork, just an encapsulation.
This Fox News column links our article on [[Geosynchronous orbit]]: http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,62200,00.html
This Salon column links our article on [[Leet]]: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/index.html
http://www.why-is-the-sky-blue.org/why-is-the-sky-blue.html links our [[Raleigh scattering]].
And of course in the middle east department, we have links to:
[[History of ancient Israel and Judah]] from http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_israel_antiquity.php
[[Mohammed Atta]] from some site claiming 7 of the 9/11 hijackers are still alive: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/stf3.html
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Brion VIBBER wrote:
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This Fox News column links our article on [[Geosynchronous orbit]]: http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,62200,00.html
Cool! The author (Rand Simburg, retired Boeing aerospace engineer) is a guy I used to debate with extensively at sci.space.policy. I should go visiting and inquire whether he found Wikipedia from checking out the announcement I put there a while back or from a search engine. Basically the announcement stated that Wikipedia was a potentially useful technology for "open engineering" efforts.
Either way it is rather amusing that I apparently originated the stub and an anonymous address did a lot of fixing. I wonder if the fixing was Rand or some other sci.space.policy regular checking my work. 8)
Maybe I should ask him why he did not use this link for an ion thruster source. The first two hits provide instant credibility that ion thrusters are a current proven technology. One has to know where to look in space propulsion to find anything outland or far futuristic.
http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=ion+propulsion
lol, Since he is now a paid professional writer he may not wish to admit he used to volunteer some efforts.
I should also remind him he can edit anonymously; if he wishes to create the reference material that he needs online to keep the technical detail down in the article, while providing easy access to it.
Regards, Mike Irwin
Brion VIBBER wrote in part:
And of course in the middle east department, we have links to:
[[History of ancient Israel and Judah]] from http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_israel_antiquity.php
[[Mohammed Atta]] from some site claiming 7 of the 9/11 hijackers are still alive: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/stf3.html
Seems fair. One pro-Zionist site, one pro-Arab site.
-- Toby
Toby Bartels wrote:
Brion VIBBER wrote in part:
And of course in the middle east department, we have links to:
[[History of ancient Israel and Judah]] from http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_israel_antiquity.php
[[Mohammed Atta]] from some site claiming 7 of the 9/11 hijackers are still alive: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/stf3.html
Seems fair. One pro-Zionist site, one pro-Arab site.
But at least the 'whatreallyhappened' site is completely demented.
And fairness is surely not a matter of counting.
--Jimbo
Toby Bartels wrote:
Brion VIBBER wrote in part:
And of course in the middle east department, we have links to:
[[History of ancient Israel and Judah]] from http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_israel_antiquity.php
[[Mohammed Atta]] from some site claiming 7 of the 9/11 hijackers are still alive: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/stf3.html
Seems fair. One pro-Zionist site, one pro-Arab site.
I'm sure that for a pro-Arab site much better could be found. Saying that 7 of the hijackers survived begins by challenging common sense; this is bound to put its credibility in doubt for somebody who just wants a basic understanding of broad pro-Arab views.
Ec
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