[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Re: Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit Media Attendance Request

[Huib Laurens]

Hi,

Why send personal information to a public list? Do you want all your
requests denied in the Future?

This is not a smart move if you are still hoping to get a press pass.


Huib

Op zaterdag 7 september 2013 schreef James Salsman (jsalsman op gmail.com):

> Hi Bill,
>
> I just left you a voicemail asking for temporary freelance volunteer
> accreditation to cover the APCE summit next week at the convention center.
>
> I am a Wikipedia editor with over seven years of experience focusing on
> sustainable energy and transportation solutions, e.g., as the primary
> author of http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-neutral_fuel
> If you accredit me for next week I can promise to get you the latest news
> on the cost to synthesize gasoline from the carbonic acid in seawater. With
> nighttime wind, I suspect it can be less than $3/gallon.
>
> I am a five minute walk from your office. Please call me: 650-427-9625
>
> Best regards,
> James Salsman
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Regina Ramazzini" <regina op techconnect.org <javascript:;>>
> Date: Sep 5, 2013 12:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit Media Attendance Request
> To: "James Salsman" <jsalsman op gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> Cc: "Noah Diffenbaugh" <diffenbaugh op stanford.edu <javascript:;>>, <
> mlaudon op nsti.org <javascript:;>>
>
> Dear James,
>
> Your press pass has been denied. We reserve press passes for someone who
> works (or is a freelancer) for a major publication or news media outlet.
>
> Thank you for your interest.
>
> Best regards,
> Regina
>
> On Sep 4, 2013, at 3:27 PM, James Salsman <jsalsman op gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Regina,
>
> I've published over 50 energy news items on Google+ over the past year, but
> my more widely read contributions to Wikipedia are not credited to my name.
> Please see my work with Stanford Professor Noah Diffenbaugh, who I am
> asking to endorse my request for press credentials:
>
> Hangouts On Air with Stanford Professor Noah Diffenbaugh: Climate Change
> Solutions <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vedQYk1tKwg>
>
> The associated links are at:
>
> https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13lil4qszeeffff322gi33z5pefehbny
>
> Since I would rather not send you 100 URLs to posts, please just give me a
> subtopic of energy and climate mitigation you are interested in and I will
> point you to my work there.
>
> Please reconsider my request.
>
> Best regards,
> James Salsman
>  Hi James,
>
> I'm sorry, I ran your request by a couple of colleagues, but your request
> for a press pass was not accepted. The only relevant information we could
> find with your work was the wiki article you sent us. We are limiting press
> passes to journalists with a focus (and actively) writing on topics related
> to the event.
>
> My apologies. Thank you for your interest.
>
> Best regards,
> Regina
>
>
> On Sep 3, 2013, at 12:50 PM, James Salsman <jsalsman op gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Regina,
> >
> > Wikipedia and Google+ articles are both published online. Essentially
> > all of my energy journalism work is on Wikipedia and Google+.
> >
> > For example, Wikipedia's article on renewable energy, where I
> > contributed the "Carbon neutral and negative fuels" section
> > (
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy#Carbon-neutral_and_negative_fuels
> )
> > gets about 3,000 page views per day, not counting cached and similar
> > copies:
> >
> > http://stats.grok.se/en/latest30/Renewable_energy
> >
> > What proportion of your journalists have readerships in the millions per
> year?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > James
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Regina Ramazzini <regina op techconnect.org<javascript:;>
> >
> wrote:
> >> Thanks, James.
> >>
> >> Do you also have links to articles that have been published recently?
> either
> >> online or print articles? We'd like to see those. Thanks
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Regina
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:09 PM, James Salsman <jsalsman op gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Regina,
> >>
> >> I am the primary author of this Wikipedia article:
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-neutral_fuel
> >>
> >> Please note that the Wikipedia entry for "Carbon capture and
> utilization"
> >> redirects to that article, and probably will until someone writes more
> about
> >> using carbonic acid from seawater as plastics feedstock. I also have
> written
> >> extensively on the use of shipping container-sized airborne wind
> turbines
> >> e.g.
> >>
> >> https://plus.google.com/113215976889659570939/posts/KRh3hkPzXFP
> >>
> >> Please arrange for my press credentials at APCE 2013 next week in
> Honolulu.
> >> Please reply to confirm.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Jim Salsman
> >> +1-650-427-9625
> >>
> >>
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Met vriendelijke groet,

Huib Laurens