[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-L Mailing List Members - What I Don't Like About Wikipedia

[Chris Jenkinson]

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Lester D.K. Chow and Associates wrote:
> I wrote additions to the topics of "Eber," "Joktan," and the "Zhou
> Dynasty."  My family's dynasty of which I am a qualified expert.  In
> history, there are conflicting interpretations as to events and dates. 
> I think that it is wrong to only allow one view to dominate and to not
> publish all valid views.  Somehow, your editors erased what I had
> republished about two or three hours ago (my time, at this writing, is
> August 17, 2005, 11:10 p.m.).  Then, too, I think that it is wrong for
> people (the general public) to erase all of the hard work and time that
> you have put into your article and to continually erase it every time
> you post.

Hi,

Because I'm not the person who removed your contributions I'm doing a
bit of second-guessing here.

The reasons I think your contributions were removed is because you did
not write them in an encyclopediac manner. Encyclopedias are typically
written in the third-person, while yours was written in the
first-person. You also added some sentences which are more appropriate
in individual essays debating a point (e.g. "I would like to add some
information to the above article, in correction of the above article,
about Eber").

Most of what you have written appears to be useful, but the way you have
written it is not how articles should be written. Try correcting the
article directly rather than adding a paragraph saying what is wrong
with it (known on Wikipedia as "being bold"), and make sure you cite
sources.

Have a look at Wikipedia's Manual of Style on article writing:
 --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style

Hope this helps,

Chris

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Chris Jenkinson
chris at starglade.org
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