[vcf-midatlantic] the first pDa

[Chris Fala]

Welcome to the information age. Plenty of information, questionable truth.




On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:47 PM William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> My understanding is that Wikipedia "management/rules" will accept
> information
> if backed by citations.
>
> This has resulted in the following stupidity:
>
> An expert in a field makes an edit to a Wikipedia article.
>
> It is rejected for lack of an accompanying citation.
>
> The same expert cites an article published in a magazine, that HE WROTE,
> about the topic.  So -- he's citing *himself*.
>
> Expert's Wikipedia edit is now accepted because it has an accompanying
> citation.
>
> All of which suggests that if Evan makes an edit, and cites HIS OWN BOOK,
> the edit will be accepted.
>
> Bill Dudley
>
>
> This email is free of malware because I run Linux.
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Neil Cherry <ncherry at linuxha.com>
> > To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> > Cc:
> > Bcc:
> > Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:20:33 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] the first pDa
> > On 08/29/2018 12:50 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant
> >>>
> >>> who is going to correct this?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Obviously I'm the guy, but I am very un-motivated to argue with
> Wikipedia
> >> editors.
> >>
> >
> > Amen to that!
> >
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> >
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