Hmmm. This may be a minefield that I don’t want to step in. I used to work with AES folks and there are some strong opinions presented as facts in that area ;)
> On Feb 21, 2025, at 09:17, David Wise via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > It was many years ago so my memory is spotty. I think that yes they rolled > back my edits and "explained" on the Talk page. Their explanation sounded > specious to me. If you want to look, it was about the RIAA playback and > recording curves. I asserted that the Y axis was velocity, not amplitude, > backing it up with quotes from the DRA and the service manual for a cutting > lathe, and they flatly denied it. When I pushed back they called it original > research. When I pointed out that the info was published, they said it was > "too niche". I concluded that they regarded the page as their empire, and I > haven't looked since. Gotta pick your battles or you wind up in an xkcd > cartoon. > > ________________________________ > From: Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2025 1:16 PM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Cc: Alan Perry <ape...@snowmoose.com> > Subject: [cctalk] Wikipedia (Was: Elliott Algol) > > > In these cases, did someone roll back your changes? Was discussion added > to the Talk tab? > > I do enough Wikipedia edits that I get to vote on board membership. Or > used to. I have only done a few edits in recent years. The trickiest > edit has been the page for a woman who was a child actor in the 70s but > is now a doctor. The info in her page was wrong (and unattributed) and > she hasn't done any interviews in 20 years or described in any media > coverage what she has done since leaving the entertainment business. I > got her e-mail address and exchanged messages with her. It was > completely surreal. We discussed what she wants the general public to > know about her now. I asked if she was sure on a few points, e.g., when > I thought it might be too specific on where she is now. What is on the > page about her is what she felt comfortable with (as of 2019-2020). To > get around the "no original research" thing, I added a Talk tab section > explaining all of the above and offered to make the email exchanges > available (with her contact info redacted). That was 5-6 years ago and > no one has edited the page since. > > If someone has something they think should be in a Wikipedia page and > had it removed, I can help get it added to a Talk tab entry at a minimum. > >> On 2/17/25 8:26 AM, David Wise via cctalk wrote: >> In my case, the self-appointed gatekeeper rejected material from the AES >> Disk Recording Anthology. >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Ken Seefried via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 12:55 PM >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> Cc: Ken Seefried <seefr...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Elliott Algol >> >> On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >>> I admit to a bit of pique here: I don't even bother updating Wikipedia >>> articles >>> anymore because they'll always get reverted by someone with less of a life >>> than >>> me for any number of specious reasons. >>> >>> >> This is an almost perfect description of my experience of Wikipedia.
