[WikiEN-l] [Barry.Meatyard at warwick.ac.uk: Entry in Wikipedia]

[Jens Ropers]

Maybe we should just send these guys this link [  
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml? 
title=National_Academy_for_Gifted_and_Talented_Youth&action=edit ] and  
tell them to work away.

Wouldn't that be a near-perfect solution?
What do people think?

-- ropers [[en:User:Ropers]]
     www.ropersonline.com

On 21 Sep 2004, at 21:20, Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales wrote:

>
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Barry Meatyard  
> <Barry.Meatyard at warwick.ac.uk> -----
>
> From: "Barry Meatyard" <Barry.Meatyard at warwick.ac.uk>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:04:35 +0100
> To: <jwales at bomis.com>
> Subject: Entry in Wikipedia
>
> Dear Mr Wales,
>
> Our attention has recently been drawn to an entry for the National  
> Academy on 'Wikipedia'.
>
> The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth is an English  
> government agency and part of the national education system.
>
> We are aware that the entry was initiated by a 16 year old Academy  
> student with a less than complete knowledge of the Academy's remit.  
> Subsequently a number of edits have been made by even younger students  
> and we accept that some of these are getting the entry closer to  
> reality. However we would be interested to know the level of editorial  
> control beyond these edits. For example who removed the adverse  
> comment (merely a student's perception) dated 30 Aug? Is this done by  
> Wikipedia staff - and if so how are 1 million plus articles policed?
>
> We would be happy to rewrite the entry to enable it to reflect more  
> accurately the remit and contractual obligations of the Academy, which  
> of course would be entirely factual as befits an objective  
> encyclopedia. However we need to be reassured that such objectivity is  
> not compromised by the facility for those who may have a skewed  
> perspective to air it in public.
>
> Whilst for some entries it may be interesting to see the evolution of  
> an entry, (as a professional botanist I was fascinated by the  
> development of some of the plant focused entries), the fact that  
> potentially damaging and inaccurate comments remain in the 'history'  
> thread is of concern to us as a publicly funded body. You will  
> appreciate that we are not convinced that a collegiate approach to  
> evolving a definition for a government agency of which there may be a  
> variety of subjective impressions is appropriate.
>
> At this stage we are seeking reassurance with respect to the editorial  
> policy of the site and to request whether inaccurate and potentially  
> damaging entries can be removed from the history.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Yours,
>
> Barry
>
>
> Dr. Barry Meatyard
> Director of Student Services
> National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
> University of Warwick
> Coventry
> CV4 7AL
> UK
> Tel: 44 (0) 24 76 574483
>
>
>
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