Oh my lord! We have the Wikipedia Police! That deserves a Wikipedia page all it's own.
Allen On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Standlee, Kevin < standlee.ke...@menloworldwide.com> wrote: > I don’t know of automated systems, but of course other people can undo > people’s edits. Look at a pages History to see who made the changes. > > > > Kevin > > > > *From:* basfa-boun...@lists.basfa.org [mailto: > basfa-boun...@lists.basfa.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark Jansen > *Sent:* Monday, February 28, 2011 9:57 AM > *To:* basfa@lists.basfa.org > *Cc:* allen.wadd...@gmail.com > *Subject:* Re: [Basfa] Basfa Digest, Vol 47, Issue 14 > > > > Here’s a really stupid question: > > > > I’ve made Wikipedia entries and edits over the years, but a friend has > recently tried but his edits get consistently rejected. Doesn’t seem like > he’s adding any inaccurate, offensive, or self-serving content. Is there > some new form of vetting or auto-reject mechanism in effect on Wikipedia? > > > > Tnanks, > > > > Mark Jansen > ------------------------------ > > *From:* basfa-boun...@lists.basfa.org [mailto: > basfa-boun...@lists.basfa.org] *On Behalf Of *allen.wadd...@gmail.com > *Sent:* Sunday, February 27, 2011 6:15 PM > *To:* basfa@lists.basfa.org > *Subject:* Re: [Basfa] Basfa Digest, Vol 47, Issue 14 > > > > This is probably a stupid question but I noticed the BASFA web page does > not link to the wikipedia entry either. Could you add that link to the links > page at basfa.com? > > Allen Waddell > deep lurker > > On Feb 27, 2011 10:04am, basfa-requ...@lists.basfa.org wrote: > > Send Basfa mailing list submissions to > > > > basfa@lists.basfa.org > > > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > > basfa-requ...@lists.basfa.org > > > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > > basfa-ow...@lists.basfa.org > > > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > > than "Re: Contents of Basfa digest..." > > > > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > > > 1. Re: BASFA Wikipedia Listing Threatened (Bob) > > > > 2. Re: BASFA Wikipedia Listing Threatened (Lisa Deutsch Harrigan) > > > > 3. Re: BASFA Wikipedia Listing Threatened (Rick Moen) > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > > Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:32:59 -0800 > > > > From: Bob rhole2...@gmail.com> > > > > To: "Standlee, Kevin" standlee.ke...@menloworldwide.com> > > > > Cc: "BASFA \(ba...@basfa.org\)" ba...@basfa.org> > > > > Subject: Re: [Basfa] BASFA Wikipedia Listing Threatened > > > > Message-ID: > > > > zy9p5ycflrjgj9qgu3hmr98...@mail.gmail.com> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > My IP address (as usual - regardless of where I live or try to access) > > > > is blocked from signing in to Wikipedia. The major complaint seems to > > > > be lack of external "independent" web pages mentioning BASFA. > > > > > > > > In addition to argument, providing such links and information would be > > > > of help to prevent the deletion or threat of deletion for the future. > > > > > > > > If you own an appropriate website, it might be a good thing to put > > > > some information about BASFA on it, then provide someone who can edit > > > > the Wikipedia page with the link. > > > > > > > > Here's what I can offer: > > > > > > > > http://www.radio-sf.com/home/radio-scifi-links > > > > > > > > And a link for the twitter hashtag #basfa (so talk it up people - > > > > right now there's only one tweet listed! "older tweets no available") > > > > > > > > http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23basfa > > > > > > > > Science Fiction/San Francisco (which publishes the minutes) > > > > > > > > http://efanzines.com/SFSF/index.htm > > > > > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Standlee, Kevin > > > > standlee.ke...@menloworldwide.com> wrote: > > > > > BASFA's listing in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basfa has > been marked for deletion, again, by the exclusionist "RadioFan," who as far > as I can tell only wants things included in Wikipedia that he's personally > heard of or that have been printed in paper form that can also be seen > online. *grump* People who can argue for the "notability" of the club in the > labyrinthine way that Wikipedia discusses things may want to get involved > here. > > > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Basfa mailing list > > > > > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > > > > > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > > Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:15:05 -0800 > > > > From: Lisa Deutsch Harrigan l...@harrigan.org> > > > > To: "BASFA \(ba...@basfa.org\)" ba...@basfa.org> > > > > Subject: Re: [Basfa] BASFA Wikipedia Listing Threatened > > > > Message-ID: 4d697b69.7060...@harrigan.org> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > > > > > Not sure where to put this in our wikipedia article, but File 770 has a > > > > brief article on us http://file770.com/?p=1668 . If nothing else, it > > > > shows that someone thought we were worthy of a News Report. > > > > > > > > Lisa > > > > > > > > On 2/26/2011 8:28 AM, Standlee, Kevin wrote: > > > > > BASFA's listing in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basfa has > been marked for deletion, again, by the exclusionist "RadioFan," who as far > as I can tell only wants things included in Wikipedia that he's personally > heard of or that have been printed in paper form that can also be seen > online. *grump* People who can argue for the "notability" of the club in the > labyrinthine way that Wikipedia discusses things may want to get involved > here. > > > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Basfa mailing list > > > > > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > > > > > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Message: 3 > > > > Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:10:55 -0800 > > > > From: Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com> > > > > To: basfa@lists.basfa.org > > > > Subject: Re: [Basfa] BASFA Wikipedia Listing Threatened > > > > Message-ID: 20110226231055.ga32...@linuxmafia.com> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > > > > Quoting Lisa Deutsch Harrigan (l...@harrigan.org): > > > > > > > > > Not sure where to put this in our wikipedia article, but File 770 > > > > > has a brief article on us http://file770.com/?p=1668 . If nothing > > > > > else, it shows that someone thought we were worthy of a News Report. > > > > > > > > What is needed is items that can be credibly maintained to be mentions > > > > in paper media. > > > > > > > > Here is an SFGate.com citation of BASFA in a June 26, 2005 article by > > > > reporters Delfin Vigil and Michael Berry about Bay Area bookstores. > > > > It's somewhere between possible and likely that the articles.sfgate.com > > > > item reflects a contemporaneous article in the _S.F. Chronicle_, though > > > > I can't prove that. > > > > > > > > > http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-06-26/entertainment/17377296_1_fiction-sci-fi-science > > > > > > > > It's a pity that the BASFA Web site hasn't kept links to articles that > > > > mention us, as I'm sure there have been a few; they're just challenging > > > > to find. Our current archive for the mailing list goes back only to > > > > 2007. I've searched the cumulative mbox file > > > > ( > http://lists.basfa.org/private.cgi/basfa-basfa.org.mbox/basfa-basfa.org.mbox > ), > > > > and it has plenty of mentions of magazine articles on a variety of > > > > things, but none about BASFA itself. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Rick Moen "People who spell 'voila' as 'viola' should be > > > > r...@linuxmafia.com responded to with voilence." -- FakeAPStylebook > > > > McQ! (4x80) > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Basfa mailing list > > > > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > > > > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org > > > > > > > > > > > > End of Basfa Digest, Vol 47, Issue 14 > > > > ************************************* > > >
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