[Foundation-l] Wikimedia NL

[Florence Devouard]

Brian McNeil wrote:
> 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?" 

SUL might be one answer. But only one answer. When I am travelling, if I 
am not on my computer, I usually do not log in anyway.
There is even less chance that I loggued in later on when SUL is up.
Right now, I use a different set of passwords for the "public" wikis 
(such as english or french wikipedia) than for the private wikis (such 
as the board wiki.
Once SUL, I presume I will have the same wiki everywhere, which will 
make the risk of forgetting to log out even more critical.

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.

Stuff happens and I brushed it just fine :-)
I do not need an apology, that's not the point. It was not personal.
But it should not happen.

ant

> Brian.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Florence
> Devouard
> Sent: 29 October 2007 14:39
> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> 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.
>>
>>  
>>
>> The Wikinews article I have started on the topic can be found at the
>> following url:
>>
>>  
>>
>> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Netherlands%2C_2007_conference
>>
>>  
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Any feedback on what I've written so far would also be appreciated.
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> 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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