[Wikimedia-l] Carbon footprints on Wikipedia.

[Peter Southwood]

Hi Geoff,
You want it, go ahead and do it. That is how it works.
Cheers,
Peter Southwood
PS. What is the point you wish to make by saying you make a monthly 
contribution to WMF?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Beacon" <geoffbeacon at sent.com>
To: <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:49 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Carbon footprints on Wikipedia.


> An authoritative and easy to used resource giving of the effect or our 
> everyday activities is essential if voters are to know enough to influence 
> politics.
>
> I cant find any entries on Wikipedia to match this. To some extent I blame 
> Wikipedia's over emphasis on peer review and official sources. The [Carbon 
> footprint] entry is probably counter-productive as it implies that the 
> quoted sources are more reliable than they are. I fear some of these 
> sources are incorrect, hide their proprietary information or are 
> influenced by politics (i.e. government departments).
>
> What I would like to see are lots of entries on Wikipedia like:
>
> [the carbon footprint of beef]
> [the carbon footprint of air travel]
> [the carbon footprint of a new house]
>
> & etc.
>
> Wikipedia is the right place for such information to be presented.
>
> See more of my criticism here: 
> http://www.brusselsblog.co.uk/is-wikipedia-too-credentialist/
>
> Geoff Beacon
>
>
> P.S. I do make a modest monthly contribution to the Wikimedia foundation.
>
>
> -- 
>  Geoff Beacon
>  geoffbeacon at sent.com
>
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