[WikiEN-l] Slashdot article

[Philip Sandifer]

On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:12 PM, WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
>  I  wish people would acquaint themselves with the facts.

Oh, this is rich.

On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:09 PM, WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
> It was not unsourced.  It was sourced.

You might not want to demand people acquaint themselves with the facts  
a mere three minutes after blowing them yourself.

Here is the version immediately prior to Lanier's posting of his  
complaint: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaron_Lanier&oldid=53617698

Please point to which part of that article is a source for the claim  
that he is a filmmaker.

Please point to which part of that article sources the summary of  
McLuhan that forms the final portion of the "Philosophical and  
technological ideas" section.

And as for

On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:08 PM, WJhonson at aol.com wrote:
> However the Subject of a BLP you are claiming should be treated  
> differently
> than all other editors.  That is, we should take their word as a  
> source in
> order to modify their own articles.  And not only should we do that  
> (which  we
> already do in part), but we should do it, without even the ability to
> determine that they are *in fact* the subject of that BLP in the  
> first  place.

I am not saying anything of the sort.

-Phil