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== Happy New Year to Misplaced Pages's Founder! == | ||
| The show trials continue over at ] too. :/ By the way, I was wrong about removing ] from the ''-erg'' section of the Greek and Latin prefixes page. (''urg''ent that I 'fess up, sorry.) It appears that I had forgotten about ants. Google has too. The previous discussion seems to me untoward on this page. | |||
| Which leads me to what I wanted to ask those who stalk this page. ("scoundrels" I've read us called in a text that does sort of "gaslight" such people, which is itself woven into the CoP (cult-o-personality) question asked earlier I suppose since I read it on WP). | |||
| The population of the world has more than tripled in your life Jimbo. Facebook is going to soon be available via drone even in the most remote or ill-served parts of Africa. Our interface doesn't play that well on smartish-phones I imagine. Do we want to expand our userbase, or is that politically dangerous (losing soft power, etc.)? | |||
| ps. Apache Ant. ] (]) 20:22, 6 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :This looks like a meltdown. --] (]) 20:49, 6 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Yeah, I suppose it does. ^^ What do you think then, do we want more editors? ] (]) 21:02, 6 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :There's actually a good point in there. With the expanding use of smart phones and tablets worldwide and the corresponding decrease in use of traditional computers, and keeping in mind how garbage the mobile Misplaced Pages experience is, what is the plan to enhance the mobile editing experience? I know several prolific editors mainly edit solely on mobile devices, but I wager this is done in the somewhat clunky desktop view. It would be really nice to have some smart and easy tools right in the interface. ] (]) 23:03, 6 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :I think we are conflating at least three different things here. | |||
| :Yes much of the growth in internet traffic is via smartphones, Our interface apparently works OK on such devices if all you want is to read. So in terms of the mission, making the sum of all knowledge available to all humanity great progress has been made, we are close to 500 million visitors a month and that is close to 10% of that part of the human population that is capable of using Misplaced Pages - kudos to the WMF's mobile team for that (there is some hyperbole about our mission being to serve all humankind, but in reality there will always be those who are far too young and unless we get a cure for alzheimers another group who are no longer capable of using it). | |||
| :Our editing community has been broadly stable for several years. It stopped growing in tandem with increasing readership circa a decade ago, and while there are many partial explanations about this, one of the three main ones is that we are basically read only for the smartphone generation and little better for tablet users. No one knows whether this is a temporary situation and we will be rescued by better hardware, better editing software, AI editors or a generation of smartphone users hitting adulthood; or a semipermanent situation where for decades to come we will be dependent on PC users to actually write content. In the meantime this certainly doesn't help our geographic skews. | |||
| :Not everyone is ready to contribute neutrally and some people's idea of civility is other people's idea of a ] sketch. There is a theory that much like a village pub the best way to maximise the community is to have a firm but fair landlady who bars the trouble makers who need to be barred for as long as they need to be barred. There is another theory that creativity thrives on bile and conflict. I haven't looked at the current cases but generally I ascribe to the former theory, if we want to expand our editorship we need to make the site "nicer". '']]<span style="color:#CC5500">Chequers</span>'' 23:34, 6 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :: Loving the reference to Derek & Clive :-) The problem editors are mainly active on articles around American politics, I think. There are two classes of people who might edit those articles: people who want to work together to create neutral content, and partisans. The partisans all think their views are neutral, and anyone holding different views is ''nekulturny'', a liar, evil and must be driven away for the good of the "integrity" of Misplaced Pages. This is complicated by the fact that Misplaced Pages typically skews slightly liberal due to its roots in and long time links to the free-as-in-speech software community. Bluntly, Misplaced Pages will never be a comfortable place for the alt-right, because their bullshit will be challenged. It will also never be a comfortable place for the far left, for the same reason, but in my experience at the moment the alt-right are the ones most zealous in pushing their ideology (hence, for example, setting up an entire fork of Misplaced Pages just so they can have an article saying GamerGate was about ethics in videogame journalism). Redux: we are going to end up topic banning a number of alt-right supporters and a smaller number of Bernie-bots. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 23:56, 6 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::: I certainly agree that WP needs to be nicer, but I think the more fundamental problem we have is that Misplaced Pages is inherently deceptive to newcomers editing in controversial areas (which is a HUGE proportion of newcomers). The bait and switch we seem to offer is: "anyone can edit" (bait) "unless, as is almost certainly the case, you don't understand the many labyrinthine policies, procedures, and requirements surrounding these topics" (switch). One natural solution to this is to insist, and possibly require, that editors who want to edit in these areas read through the relevant policies first so they can be careful not to violate them. ] ] 00:35, 7 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Re "read through the relevant policies first so they can be careful not to violate them" – I have the impression that the majority of experienced editors are unable to understand the policy pages or don't care to take the time to learn them well enough to apply them properly. --] (]) 10:01, 7 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::Yes I find the WMF messaging to be disconnected from the reality of editing. The encyclopedia is mature in many spots and is actually hard to edit in them and folks in WMF communications don't seem to understand that. | |||
| ::: I work mostly on articles about health and it is hard to edit those topics. You have to learn what a reliable source is, and get access to those reliable sources (which is not easy) and then read a bunch in order to master complicated material and then summarize it well, giving appropriate WEIGHT etc. etc. etc. It is hard. | |||
| :::In addition things have been particularly difficult with student editing this semester. Same kinds of issues but made worse as students feel compelled to make their edits "stick" so they can be graded and they often just get annoyed by the community as they are in a "this is my homework why are you getting in my way" bubble. | |||
| ::: There is a disconnect between the reality of editing and the messaging and it leads to disappointment/frustration for some new editors and some difficulties for established editors. | |||
| :::All that said, of course we want to the editing community to grow. It isn't easy to figure out how to do that well. ] (]) 02:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Hmm, "anyone can edit" does not promise that one will be good at it, nor that one will enjoy it. ] (]) 09:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| {{od}} | |||
| As a teacher I'm also intrigued by the user's experience of "anyone can edit" which is that "anyone could have edited". I've never asked my students to edit Misplaced Pages as an assignment, though we have edited a local wiki. I don't want to think about the battlegrounds at AE, where more than checkers get spilt wrong. Is it just post-election meltdown? Who knows? Things are stormy from Paris (Sciences Po) to Singapore, and none of that is on AE, but a whole host of folks are in the pillory over there, getting rocks thrown at us. Sometimes they miss. Sometimes they don't, and we can sit down and have a pint. Raspbery Pi can run mediawiki, no? Thanks for responding and mentioning templates (actually, you said "better editing software" and "AI", so I started thinking of the template work I need to do on my wiki :)], I agree with ], my students shouldn't be writing Misplaced Pages (at least not without having drafted carefully locally, which for lots of local reasons won't be happening soon. ^^) Thanks for all the coherent responses to a poorly worded RfC. :) ] (]) 21:47, 7 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :I've had several conversations in recent years with people who had edits rejected. The most useful first question I now ask is what were your sources? If people aren't ready to cite sources then their potential roles in the English language Misplaced Pages are much more limited than they once were. But they do include ]. My second question is what was the topic, and I then explain that everything that can be contentious in real life will be contentious on wiki. But that still leaves over 5 million articles that you can work on. '']]<span style="color:#CC5500">Chequers</span>'' 21:58, 7 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :I disagree with {{re|Jytdog}}'s idea that the encyclopedia is mature. It's ''not''. Look up any given scientific concept, and the article will almost always be woefully incomplete, and probably is really not teaching the idea very well. Oh, to be sure, we have tons of interesting stuff, stuff I wouldn't have thought of, but there are so many dimensions to every topic that there are always more. And though it's easy to fill in one or another, it is certainly hard to cover them all - but that doesn't mean "editing is hard" in a way that should discourage new editors. ] (]) 19:49, 8 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Wnt I most emphatically did '''not''' say the encyclopedia is mature. I said it is '''mature in spots'''. It is also empty in spots and has piles of stinky garbage in spots and has just kind of meh spots. Some topics ''have'' been well worked-over, and it is destructive both to new editors and the encyclopedia for new editors not to be given fair warning of that. And ] is a reality especially in some subject areas. ] (]) 01:54, 9 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::Well, the number of spots where it's immature give an indication that new editors should have many easy tasks available. And I think they're far more likely to blunder into a war zone or an AE minefield than a genuinely complete article. Then again, I admit my opinion is that an article can only seem complete if one has an insufficient imagination, curiosity, or understanding of the topic. :) ] (]) 01:51, 10 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| * I've long thought that the "Encyclopedia Anyone Can Edit" line is a mistake — or at least a slogan long past its expiration date. No, anyone can NOT edit Misplaced Pages. To do so requires at least some modicum of subject expertise, some degree of skill in manipulating the (fairly easy) markup language that we use, some willingness to absorb and understand and adhere to the essential elements of site doctrine (thinking particularly of NPOV, which is as important to Misplaced Pages as The Force is to the ''Star Wars'' franchise). That doesn't even touch the requirement of decent grammar and the ability to write at least semi-coherent prose, the necessity of access to free time (which not everyone has) and reputable source material (which not everyone has) and on and on and on. Quite frankly, it is a minor miracle that there are 10,000 or 20,000 people across all projects willing to pull at the oars to make the ship move forward. | |||
| :What does it all mean? One thing for sure: core volunteers are a valuable and finite resource. Newbies are not made in classrooms or at one day Super Spectacular Edit-a-Thons, they are won one at a time. It takes a mother an hour or two to give birth to a nerd or a geek and a lifetime to raise them. Establishing the lowest possible barriers so that any Joe or Sally can begin editing as an IP isn't the way to get where we need to go, nor should we be overly concerned about the churn of newcoming and outgoing editors anxious to put a few lines of factual or non-factual graffiti in to ] or any other piece about some hot issue of the day. Those aren't are longterm, true Wikipedians. Never were. They must be found and developed one at a time, elsewhere, and once won over to the project they must be cultivated and preserved with such things as The Misplaced Pages Library and microgrants to obtain essential source materials or with new, effective tools to make maintenance work easier. ] (]) 16:36, 10 December 2016 (UTC) <small>Last edit: ] (]) 03:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC)</small> | |||
| ::The issue of new editors hitting frustrating obstacles here, and our slogan "The 💕 that anyone can edit", reminds me of this quote from ]: | |||
| *"Gusteau: What do I always say? Anyone can cook! | |||
| *Remy: Well, yeah, anyone *can*, that doesn't mean that anyone *should*." ] ] 00:12, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::Also relevant, I think, is that "" or so sez the ps: isn't Rémy pretty drunk when he says that? pps (you'd have to check prior to the last revert, now... ^^). Also ] & ] and ] (an election without fraud is like a court-bouillon without hot peppers) being the top result for "Elèksyon" would suggest that Misplaced Pages hasn't ''quite'' caught on yet in Haiti. ] (]) 00:25, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think that for newbies, the slogan "that anyone can edit " is fine, something like "be bold". And in most cases the slogan can be, "that anyone can edit and improve". There's more to gain by encouraging new editors than not. Also, new editors tend to be cooperative and usually defer to experienced editors. If you want to look for problem editors, you'll find them more amongst the experienced ones. --] (]) 15:27, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == Oldest vandalism reversion of the week == | |||
| Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! ] (]) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| Yesterday the community decided, per ] that ] was an ambiguous term, so today I've been working on disambiguation of the ~280 links to that. Over the course of that work, I ran across the "]" by ], and curious about the man, I clicked through to his biography. There I noticed an inconsistency – while "Farewell Letter" said he died in 1890, his bio said he died in 1861. As a result of researching the discrepancy, I reverted ] (]) – you can tell it's vandalism and not an honest mistake because the edit also changed his occupation to "Slave Owner". So, by reverting this 8 years, 111 days old vandalism by a one-time IP editor, I hereby stake my claim to Jimbo's prize for the oldest vandalism reversion of the week (is that one of your edits, Kohser?) I also wonder why, as the vandal left ] unchanged at the bottom of the page, no Wikidata anti-vandalism bots have yet noticed that discrepancy and reported it (or have they reported it to an obscure page that nobody patrols?). So as this year's fundraiser is again exceeding expectations, or so I hear, and given that people share a common thirst for '''''high-quality''''', neutral information, I was hoping you might find some resources to increase the amount of the award for oldest vandalism detection of the week (was hoping that it would be at least enough to keep my coffee pot full for a month), and fund development of a bot that detects and reports discrepancies between birth and death dates in article leads, infoboxes and categories. Thank you. ] (]) 22:27, 8 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::<small>I trust that not too many have been mislead by my rhetoric into believing that there actually is such a prize. There isn't, as far as I know. ] (]) 22:43, 9 December 2016 (UTC)</small> | |||
| :There can be a new page, ], with section headings such as "Articles", "Edits", "Editors", and "WikiProjects". Your edit can be listed under "Edits". Under "Articles", there can be "]", for the number of references listed. (I found that article in a of ].) Other possible entries can be found by an examination of some of the results listed at ] and ]. ] can be listed at ]. | |||
| :{{nowrap|—] (]) 17:03, 9 December 2016 (UTC)}} {{nowrap|and 17:11, 9 December 2016 (UTC)}} {{nowrap|and 17:18, 9 December 2016 (UTC)}} {{nowrap|17:40, 9 December 2016 (UTC)}} | |||
| :: '''{{section link|Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages records|Deletion}}: | |||
| ::*Longest undetected vandalism in article: ], vandalized on ] and repaired on ], after 8 years, 9 months, 25 days. | |||
| ::*], vandalized on ] and repaired on ], after {{Age in years, months and days|2008|08|19|2016|12|08}}. | |||
| ::Dang! If I'd quietly let it run for another six months, I could have had a new record! | |||
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| ::I don't like the feeling that Jimbo makes a sales pitch with the premise that this is a non-issue or a solved problem, then uses some of their money for political lobbying. Feels like bait-and-switch to me. ] (]) 17:55, 9 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::To provide some context for this, what I suppose may seem like a bit of a rant, I'm feeling a bit starved for love from the Foundation. They've never once thanked me for any of my independently initiated projects to improve the encyclopedia. The only thanks I've ever gotten was when I helped with one of their projects (VisualEditor). You would think they would have noticed me and expressed some appreciation by now. The impersonal form letter I got from Jimbo the other day asking me to renew my contribution just rubs salt in the wounds. I'm restraining myself from responding line-by-line to the assertions he made in that letter. +1 to Carrite's statement in the above section. I think I'm gonna take the rest of the year off; I've already donated enough. ] (]) 18:30, 10 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| ::Connecting this issue to the recent ], we need to be aware of the potential for harassment of living persons via vandalism of their Misplaced Pages biographies that is not quickly detected and reverted. Safe Space should not just be about protecting Misplaced Pages volunteers, it should also include protecting the subjects of Misplaced Pages articles. – is Misplaced Pages harassing aging actors if it refuses to remove their dates of birth upon request? There is an inherent conflict between "not censored" and "safe space" that needs to be resolved. ] (]) 19:37, 9 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| Happy New Year Jimbo!!! I hope all is well with you and your team. | |||
| Could you or your page watchers help me with ]? The draft has been declined and tagged up. It was then deleted years ago. I had it restored today after I came across one of his photos. I think he and his photography are fascinating for capturing aspects of New Zealand's transportation and industrial history. His work is in museum and library collections. At least one of his photographs has been used in a book. He photographed Maori sites. | |||
| :::Is that what all this slapping yourself on the back is all about? You don't like the board's statement on ]? You think that "there is an inherent conflict between "not censored" and "safe space" "? I disagree. | |||
| :::All communities have a few strict rules defining what is unacceptable behavior, we're no different. If editor 1 is threatening editor 2 with violence, rape, murder, etc. if they express views that editor 1 doesn't like, then it is editor 1 who is doing the censoring. If the WMF (or others) put a stop to editor 1's threats, it is not the WMF (or others) who are doing the censoring. Rather they are stopping the censorship of editor 2 by editor 1. Having a safe space is a prerequisite to a truly censorship-free community. ]<sub>(<font color="cc6600">]</font>)</sub> 01:41, 10 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::::The board's statement is fine; I have no issues with it. Except perhaps the statement {{tq|We request management to dedicate appropriate resources to this end.}} As the board has not defined "appropriate resources", we have no idea what management might do with this "blank check" for action. | |||
| :::::The Internet is inherently not a safe space, because the Internet was not designed to keep anybody out. It was designed to be universally accessible. | |||
| :::::What's going to stop ] from sending me an "important message" every single day, under different pseudonyms and IPs, if he can't be censored? I'm thankful this was just a one-time message I received. The Foundation might be able to censor (aka "block") him in Wikimedia-controlled space, but how do you censor him on the rest of the Internet? If you can't censor him, then you don't have a safe space. The Internet is not a safe space, though hopefully the walled gardens where we conduct financial transactions are safe. Maybe you can negotiate with Garwood, find out why he is threatening you, address his concerns and convince him to stop? That seems like the best you can do; get Garwood to voluntarily stop doing that. Maybe you can track him down if he leaves tracks that can be followed, but if you find him, then what do you do? I don't know the answer. ] (]) 18:30, 10 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I certainly don't mean to defend the California law, but we should note that it applies only to sites that take money from subscribers, and applies only when that subscriber makes a request about his own coverage. | |||
| ::::The benefits of banning threats seem nebulous, since doing so only makes them more believable, and makes threats mildly worded to avoid official action seem more serious. Regardless, it is quite a leap (triple axel, triple toe, I'd say) to argue that ''accurately covering a subject'' is like ''committing vandalism'' is like a ''threat of violence''. ] (]) 02:54, 10 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Point taken. ] (]) 18:30, 10 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ], standing beside a collection of Maori carvings, including two fire-screens, carved by her father Albert Percy Godber]] | |||
| == Systematic problems at US-Russia articles == | |||
| I'm sorry I haven't been able to work the draft up enough to get it admitted to mainspace. It does make me wonder about what we do and don't include, our notability criteria, Articles for Creation (AfC) process, and collaborative ethos. Thanks so much for any help or guidance you can offer! Have a great 2025 and beyond. Thanks again. ] (]) 17:57, 4 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :If Godber is not ], which is what the draft reviewers say, then Wikipedians can't fix that. ] (]) 09:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::] is he "notable" and should we have an entry on him? ] (]) 17:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :::I dunno, but ] wrote that the draft did not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject at that point. ] (]) 19:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ] | |||
| ::::And this a request to revisit his finding. We have a photographer from more than 100 years ago who documented areas of New Zealand's North Island. We have his work in a National Library collection. We have his work discussed as iconic for one of his Maori related photographs. We have his work revisited in a 2018 exhibition. We have descriptions of him related to his photographs, his career, and we have the photos themselves documenting the areas industries, sites, infrastructure from more than 100 years ago. If I was satisfied with the previous conclusions I would not be here. So I ask again, should we have an entry on this subject? Should we just attribute his photos where we use them to an unlinked name with no explanation or discussion of who he was? I think the answer is clear, and I wanted to hear Jimbo's opinion. I am aware of what was previously stated. Years have passed and I believe it's time to reevaluate and consider. I also think it's worth reflecting on our article creations processes more generally and how we apply our conception of "notability". ] (]) 23:33, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| *Godber's photographs include "views of the ] including large numbers of cars traveling to ], and the ]. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the ] Homestead in ] with scenes of farm life, including ], ] sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the ], ], ], the ], and the Hillside Railway Workshops); ] (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, ], ], ], ] and ]. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the ], and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the ], ], ] area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori ] and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining." ] (]) 23:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| *It's hard to choose which photos to share. Historic views areas, industries, bridges, natural features, railways and bridges, crafts. to his photos on Misplaced Pages Commons. Many already illustrate our entries on various subjects. ] (]) 00:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == Just wanted to say == | |||
| My first post to this talk, after editing here for over five years. | |||
| You have created something valuable to everyone on the Internet. I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you. <br>It may sound weird, but Misplaced Pages has helped me through some tough times. We can never thank you enough for this sometimes infighting, sometimes peaceful, sometimes divided, but always united community You are the backbone of the <s>cabal of editors</s> <b>thriving community</b> that is Misplaced Pages. | |||
| A new article, ], is one of a number that addresses recent, apparent conflicts between the United States and Russia. The article begins, | |||
| I wish I could give you a BarnMilkyWay but no one's come up with that, apparently. (]) | (PS: Have a good day) 00:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| == == | |||
| {{tq|''"The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded Russia influenced the United States 2016 election to help elect Donald Trump as President of the United States."''}} | |||
| For the interested. ] (]) 10:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| It is sourced to articles from the ''Washington Post'' and ''NPR'' , both of which state that anonymous U.S. officials have told the media that the CIA concluded as much. Here is the ''Washington Post'' quote, which is typical of media statements on this issue more broadly: | |||
| :Summary: {{tq|This document intends to show the problematic situation in Hebrew Misplaced Pages (hewiki), and provide evidence that it has been overtaken by a group of mostly religious and nationalist editors, who prevent others from achieving higher permissions while promoting their own allies.}} –] <small>(])</small> 22:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| {{tq|''"The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter."''}} | |||
| == Happy new year == | |||
| Again, these statements are attributed, ''anonymously'', to U.S. officials who say they are familiar with the intelligence and can speak authoritatively, if not officially, on the CIA's behalf. In our article, there are no officials, attribution, anonymity: we write the CIA has concluded XYZ as a fact. | |||
| Good days, Jimbo. I'd like to say that Chinese Misplaced Pages is introducing ARBCOM System currently, since Arbcom on this project, and in fact all the project is originated from the idea of yours, do you have any opinion for that? Any hints, advice or suggestions? ] 15:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| I've edited on a number of articles that involve recent deaths and BLP issues, that this kind of editing, where attributed statements become fact, doesn't fly in that editing crowd. In U.S.-Russia articles however, despite hard work any many good contributions from editors on all sides, it is far more common. This is especially problematic for anyone with even a modicum of historical knowledge about intelligence agencies: officials may speak on their behalf, they may produce reports, etc., but what an agency has actually concluded on a given incident may remain unknown even decades after it has occurred (if any comprehensive conclusion is reached). I think the stakes are high: the U.S. and Russia are two major nuclear armed powers, and we have a responsibility to write our articles on U.S-Russia issues with neutrality and caution. We need to get it ''right.'' | |||
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| I'm making a post here because I think this deserves community discussion. I'm pinging a number of people: {{u|Mandruss}} and {{u|TheRedPenOfDoom}} who have often corrected me at BLP articles, {{u|TheTimesAreAChanging}}, {{u|The Four Deuces}} and {{u|Kingsindian}} who I've seen provide plenty of commentary on historical articles here, and {{u|Ocaasi}} and {{u|SlimVirgin}}, who have disagreed in the past, but who I think care about careful editing. If any of you think others might have insight, I would very much appreciate your asking them. -] (]) 19:59, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :In my opinion, this is not a good venue to have a content discussion. Our policies seem pretty clear on how we treat information from reliable sources. As to the anonymous sources used by reliable sources for assertions of fact, I refer you to ].- ]] 20:52, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| That doesn't sound good. From '']''. ] (]) 09:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :I agree that articles should distinguish between facts and opinions and should be clear on whose opinions they are expressing and whether those opinions have been expressed publicly or are being filtered through anonymous sources. And when opinions are mentioned, we need to explain the degree of their acceptance. I think though the problem is wider than ] says. During the recent U.S. presidential election campaign, there has been a group of experienced editors who have been active among all the articles who have in my opinion injected a pro-Clinton bias into them to the detriment of all her opponents. Many of these editors have histories of involvement in controversies on GMOs, Eastern European issues, libertarian-related articles and the 2012 election. They even insisted on using a 2009 picture of her, which of course makes her look younger than she actually is. A group run by David Brock called "Correct the Record" has coordinated people to influence discussions at a number of websites, and I think it would be a good idea to see whether it has happened here. ] (]) 22:03, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :Being discussed at ]. ] (]) 10:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::There's also been no shortage of ''very'' aggressive pro-Trump editors. In other words, there are editors on both sides promoting their views just like most other controversial topics. ] (]) 22:12, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks! ] (]) 11:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ::Also discussed at ] and ]. ] (]) 19:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| Jimbo, could I ask you please to respond to from {{u|Tryptofish}}? | |||
| :::As expected, there were pro-Trump editors. But they did not show any evidence of sophistication or coordination and were mostly new editors who managed to get themselves blocked or banned. Although they provided disruption, they were not effective in influencing the articles. ] (]) 22:33, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :... it's not just if you've edited about Israel-Palestine. It could be if you've edited anything about climate and fossil fuels, gender, immigration, vaccines, and of course, American politics. I doubt that they have the bandwidth to actually identify and harass every editor who could possibly be seen as editing information that goes against a MAGA POV, but they will likely find some easily identified targets, whom they will use to "set an example", as a way of instilling fear in our editing community. I fully expect that, in the coming months, {{u|Jimbo Wales}} will be hauled before a hostile and performative Congressional hearing, much in the manner of university presidents. I hope very much that he will be better prepared than ] was. | |||
| :Yeah, I know this is grim. But I believe the first step in dealing with this is to go into it with our eyes open, to know what we are dealing with, what motivates it. And, more than harming individual editors, the real objective of Heritage ''et al.'' is to instill fear in the rest of us. If we become too fearful to revert POV edits, they win. In a very real sense, we have to keep doing what we have been doing, and continue to be a reliable resource for NPOV information. --] (]) 18:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| ] (]) 05:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| :Well, I fully agree that developments in terms of arguments and actions aimed at destroying trust in knowledge (and of course our specific interest, trust in Misplaced Pages) are extremely worrisome, particularly as I agree that for many who are doing it, the motive does appears to be the undermining of civic norms and democracy. I also agree with Tryptofish in a part that you didn't quote: "In a narrow sense, it's technically true that if you "out" yourself, there's no point in anyone else doing it. But once your identity is known, you become vulnerable to all of the kinds of real-life harassment that doxed people find themselves subjected to. It doesn't matter, in that regard, how they found out your identity." That's a sad balancing act that no Wikipedian should have to face. | |||
| * I note that you had already started a discussion on this topic on the article Talk page . I think you made a mistake by opening up the same discussion here. You should go back there and respond to Neutrality's message, which I thought was well put. If you wanted more opinions, I think you should have posted only a short neutral request here for more editors to participate over there. Per ], "Notifications must be ], neutrally worded with a neutral title, clear in presentation, and brief..." --] (]) 22:20, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :As a side note, I don't think that the reliability of the Heritage Foundation as a source is particularly related to these despicable actions. Whether they should be considered a reliable source in some matters is really unrelated to whether they hate us or not.--] (]) 14:14, 10 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
| **It is entirely appropriate to take talk page discussions to other fora in order to obtain a wider input. ] (]) 22:57, 11 December 2016 (UTC) | |||
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Happy New Year to Misplaced Pages's Founder!
Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! Gooners Fan in North London (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Albert Percy Godber
Happy New Year Jimbo!!! I hope all is well with you and your team.
Could you or your page watchers help me with Draft:Albert Percy Godber? The draft has been declined and tagged up. It was then deleted years ago. I had it restored today after I came across one of his photos. I think he and his photography are fascinating for capturing aspects of New Zealand's transportation and industrial history. His work is in museum and library collections. At least one of his photographs has been used in a book. He photographed Maori sites.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to work the draft up enough to get it admitted to mainspace. It does make me wonder about what we do and don't include, our notability criteria, Articles for Creation (AfC) process, and collaborative ethos. Thanks so much for any help or guidance you can offer! Have a great 2025 and beyond. Thanks again. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:57, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- If Godber is not WP:NOTABLE, which is what the draft reviewers say, then Wikipedians can't fix that. Polygnotus (talk) 09:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- user:Polygnotus is he "notable" and should we have an entry on him? FloridaArmy (talk) 17:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- I dunno, but User:Sulfurboy wrote that the draft did not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject at that point. Polygnotus (talk) 19:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- user:Polygnotus is he "notable" and should we have an entry on him? FloridaArmy (talk) 17:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- And this a request to revisit his finding. We have a photographer from more than 100 years ago who documented areas of New Zealand's North Island. We have his work in a National Library collection. We have his work discussed as iconic for one of his Maori related photographs. We have his work revisited in a 2018 exhibition. We have descriptions of him related to his photographs, his career, and we have the photos themselves documenting the areas industries, sites, infrastructure from more than 100 years ago. If I was satisfied with the previous conclusions I would not be here. So I ask again, should we have an entry on this subject? Should we just attribute his photos where we use them to an unlinked name with no explanation or discussion of who he was? I think the answer is clear, and I wanted to hear Jimbo's opinion. I am aware of what was previously stated. Years have passed and I believe it's time to reevaluate and consider. I also think it's worth reflecting on our article creations processes more generally and how we apply our conception of "notability". FloridaArmy (talk) 23:33, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Godber's photographs include "views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars traveling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, New Zealand with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining." FloridaArmy (talk) 23:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- It's hard to choose which photos to share. Historic views areas, industries, bridges, natural features, railways and bridges, crafts. Here's a link to his photos on Misplaced Pages Commons. Many already illustrate our entries on various subjects. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Just wanted to say
You have created something valuable to everyone on the Internet. I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you.
It may sound weird, but Misplaced Pages has helped me through some tough times. We can never thank you enough for this sometimes infighting, sometimes peaceful, sometimes divided, but always united community You are the backbone of the cabal of editors thriving community that is Misplaced Pages.
I wish I could give you a BarnMilkyWay but no one's come up with that, apparently. (3OpenEyes's talk page. Say hi!) | (PS: Have a good day) 00:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for comment/Severe Problems in hewiki
For the interested. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Summary:
This document intends to show the problematic situation in Hebrew Misplaced Pages (hewiki), and provide evidence that it has been overtaken by a group of mostly religious and nationalist editors, who prevent others from achieving higher permissions while promoting their own allies.
–Novem Linguae (talk) 22:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Happy new year
Good days, Jimbo. I'd like to say that Chinese Misplaced Pages is introducing ARBCOM System currently, since Arbcom on this project, and in fact all the project is originated from the idea of yours, do you have any opinion for that? Any hints, advice or suggestions? -Lemonaka 15:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Misplaced Pages editors
That doesn't sound good. From The Forward. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Being discussed at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Heritage Foundation intending to "identify and target" editors. CMD (talk) 10:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Also discussed at Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5/Evidence#Edit_request and Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Heritage_Foundation_planning_to_dox_Wikipedia_editors. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
Jimbo, could I ask you please to respond to these concerns from Tryptofish?
- ... it's not just if you've edited about Israel-Palestine. It could be if you've edited anything about climate and fossil fuels, gender, immigration, vaccines, and of course, American politics. I doubt that they have the bandwidth to actually identify and harass every editor who could possibly be seen as editing information that goes against a MAGA POV, but they will likely find some easily identified targets, whom they will use to "set an example", as a way of instilling fear in our editing community. I fully expect that, in the coming months, Jimbo Wales will be hauled before a hostile and performative Congressional hearing, much in the manner of university presidents. I hope very much that he will be better prepared than Claudine Gay was.
- Yeah, I know this is grim. But I believe the first step in dealing with this is to go into it with our eyes open, to know what we are dealing with, what motivates it. And, more than harming individual editors, the real objective of Heritage et al. is to instill fear in the rest of us. If we become too fearful to revert POV edits, they win. In a very real sense, we have to keep doing what we have been doing, and continue to be a reliable resource for NPOV information. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Sita Bose (talk) 05:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Well, I fully agree that developments in terms of arguments and actions aimed at destroying trust in knowledge (and of course our specific interest, trust in Misplaced Pages) are extremely worrisome, particularly as I agree that for many who are doing it, the motive does appears to be the undermining of civic norms and democracy. I also agree with Tryptofish in a part that you didn't quote: "In a narrow sense, it's technically true that if you "out" yourself, there's no point in anyone else doing it. But once your identity is known, you become vulnerable to all of the kinds of real-life harassment that doxed people find themselves subjected to. It doesn't matter, in that regard, how they found out your identity." That's a sad balancing act that no Wikipedian should have to face.
- As a side note, I don't think that the reliability of the Heritage Foundation as a source is particularly related to these despicable actions. Whether they should be considered a reliable source in some matters is really unrelated to whether they hate us or not.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 14:14, 10 January 2025 (UTC)