[Foundation-l] Wikimedia NL

[Brian McNeil]

I have forwarded this on to the entire cadre of accredited reporters. As I'm
sure you understand I'm not particularly happy that edits were reverted
which were constructive.

One of the prepared questions for Brion's Wikinews interview is basically
"How far off is SUL?" Yes, this would fix it. It is not however, a
substitute for people working on-wiki correctly. On Wikinews I strive to
help people learn from their mistakes and become better contributors or
administrators. Sometimes it is very difficult to tell someone they have
made a mistake, but with the right words you usually get an apology.

I'm sure you've probably brushed it off as "stuff happens" - or whatever the
French equivalent is, but I believe what you have reported should not have
happened.


Brian.

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Devouard
Sent: 29 October 2007 14:39
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Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia NL

Brian McNeil wrote:
> Get your press cards out now, it is time to report on the Wikimedia
> Netherlands conference.
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> The Wikinews article I have started on the topic can be found at the
> following url:
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> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Netherlands%2C_2007_conference
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> Board and ex-board people can contribute (please do!) I'm looking for the
> people who attended the talks I didn't to flesh the article out.
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> Any feedback on what I've written so far would also be appreciated.
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> Brian.

Well, here is my feedback

After the conference, on irc, you asked me to not hesitate to improve 
the article which existed at that time.
So, I went to the article, and fixed various sentences. I also added the 
link to the place where the video could be downloaded.

My fixes were not huge, but I believe they represented better what 
happened this day. I believe they were helpful and improving the article.

However, I made a "mistake" (apparently).

MY EDITS WERE ANONYMOUS !!!

So, they were reverted; The fact they were improving the article 
apparently was a detail. The fact they were anonymous was not a detail. 
It was considered vandalism since reverted with no explanation on the 
talk page and no attempt to discuss with the anon ip and not even a 
comment in the comment box.

Saying that I am disappointed by this would be an understatement. My 
small improvement to your (otherwise appreciated) article is for me a 
statement of failure.

Ant



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