Wikipedia Review: Opinions and Editorials

Time to change public opinion of Wikipedia

November 27th, 2007 by thekohser

Something monumentally offensive has happened this week on Wikipedia, and the powers that be are trying to sweep it under the rug. All Wikipedia critics should take this excellent opportunity to write letters to the Editors of their local and regional newspapers, and to contact their elected officials. The public opinion of Wikipedia can and should be changed by these six simple points:

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Posted at 5:43 am, November 27th, 2007 by thekohser in Administrators, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikia, Jimbo Wales, Banned!, Board of Trustees, Critics, Sockpuppets, The Cabal | 4 Comments �

Don Murphy - another Living Person who doesn’t want a Wikipedia biography

September 7th, 2007 by blissyu2

On 31st August 2007, Wikipedia Review discussion forums welcomed a new member, ColScott, who began by writing a post about his own personal experiences on Wikipedia, titled “ColScott says Hola“. As at the time of my writing this blog post, the thread was on its 14th page, with 262 replies and 4,395 views, and whilst it did go slightly off topic a few times, it is generally speaking pretty much on track.

As we discovered, ColScott is Don Murphy, who is a film producer with his own studio house called Angry Films, with a modest entry in the Internet Movie Database, and his own Wikipedia article. This issue is a similar one to Daniel Brandt’s, that inspired Wikipedia Watch, and is also similar to many other Biographies of Living Persons issues. But what does it all mean? Read the rest of this entry �

Posted at 2:22 am, September 7th, 2007 by blissyu2 in Articles, Banned!, BLP Issues, Editors | 10 Comments �

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