At 08:07 AM 8/7/02 -0700, Koyaanis Qatsi wrote:
just wanted to give you all a heads up: if you check out [[Special:Ipblocklist]] you'll see I just blocked somebody:
- 07:42 Aug 7, 2002, Koyaanis Qatsi blocked 213.253.39.188 (contribs)
(unblock) (scripting in about 24 Easton's Bible Dictionary entries per minute--wikified, which I appreciate, but otherwise untouched, that is, heavily biased.)
I email this because I'm about to go pick up equipment for a shoot I'm going to in L.A. I'll be out most of today and I'm leaving Friday morning and will be gone until early Sunday a week later. I'm not dodging the debate that will undoubtedly come up.
I'm relieved; I don't mind the entries on things found only in the Bible, but they're grossly inappropriate as articles on subjects like [[anise]]. (I did a quick once-over on that, putting a quick definition at the beginning, clarifying that the easton is about the bible, and making a few links. But it needs lots of work--the original author doesn't even seem to know which of two botanical names the article means when it says "dill."
If you're curious, I consider [[Anger]] a prime example of the bias inherent in the dictionary, and think also that many of them are no longer historically accurate. At the rate of 24 a minute, the cleanup (if left unchecked) would IMO be quite an undertaking. Feel free to unblock if I've acted unfairly or in haste. I probably won't be around to discuss it until much later tonight.
cheers,
kq
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