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> The World and Wikipedia - Andrew Dalby
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sappho
post Sun 1st November 2009, 9:13pm
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Did anyone read this book yet?
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The fact is that Wikipedia is such a corrupting influence on so many educational, ethical, and scholarly fronts that any contribution to it does nothing but lend aid and comfort to an enemy of education, ethics, and scholarship.

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sappho   The World and Wikipedia - Andrew Dalby   Sun 1st November 2009, 9:13pm
Cedric   Did anyone read this book yet? The fact that ...   Mon 2nd November 2009, 4:25pm
Peter Damian   Note also that Dalby has had a Wikipedia account...   Mon 2nd November 2009, 4:33pm
GlassBeadGame   Did anyone read this book yet? The fact that ...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 9:24pm
Cedric   [quote name='Cedric' post='202548' date='Mon 2nd ...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 11:34pm
tarantino   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='202804' date='T...   Wed 4th November 2009, 3:43am
Milton Roe   [quote name='Cedric' post='202830' date='Tue 3rd ...   Wed 4th November 2009, 4:06am
A Horse With No Name   I was planning to purchase a copy. It appears to ...   Mon 2nd November 2009, 4:29pm
Peter Damian   Some interesting material in his user space here ...   Mon 2nd November 2009, 4:44pm
A Horse With No Name   Some interesting material in his user space here ...   Mon 2nd November 2009, 4:56pm
thekohser   Law is not in the book, but ChildofMidnight and h...   Mon 2nd November 2009, 5:13pm
Jon Awbrey   No mention of User:Wikipedia Review or User:Theko...   Fri 6th November 2009, 8:30pm
grievous   This is a riot, considering who gets into the bo...   Fri 6th November 2009, 7:59pm
EricBarbour   Cast of characters, or the usual suspects? That...   Fri 6th November 2009, 8:38pm
A Horse With No Name   Cast of characters, or the usual suspects? That...   Fri 6th November 2009, 9:29pm
EricBarbour   Some of the people on the list seem like peculiar ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 9:53am
A Horse With No Name   I could answer you with my own question: Why are ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 12:09pm
Happy drinker   I could answer you with my own question: Why are ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 2:44pm
gomi   I could answer you with my own question: Why are t...   Sat 7th November 2009, 11:48pm
Andrew Dalby   [quote name='EricBarbour' post='203236' date='Fri...   Sat 7th November 2009, 5:33pm
Andrew Dalby   And of course the Review is mentioned at the cruci...   Sat 7th November 2009, 6:37pm
Milton Roe   [quote name='A Horse With No Name' post='203240' ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 7:58pm
Jon Awbrey   [i]sinophile [size=7]ewwwww ¤ yuck ¤ :sick:   Sat 7th November 2009, 8:10pm
Milton Roe   [quote name='Milton Roe' post='203372' date='Sat ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 8:31pm
Jon Awbrey   [quote name='Milton Roe' post='203372' date='Sat...   Sat 7th November 2009, 8:36pm
Andrew Dalby   If your editor choices are meant to be illustrati...   Sat 7th November 2009, 8:43pm
Jon Awbrey   In preparation, why not start a thread on Wikiped...   Sat 7th November 2009, 9:00pm
Milton Roe   [quote name='Milton Roe' post='203372' date='Sat ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 9:03pm
GlassBeadGame   If your editor choices are meant to be illustrat...   Sat 7th November 2009, 9:31pm
Andrew Dalby   [quote name='Andrew Dalby' post='203380' date='Sa...   Sun 8th November 2009, 2:48pm
Cedric   [quote name='Milton Roe' post='203372' date='Sat ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 9:39pm
EricBarbour   The book's real aim is to make non-Wikipedians...   Mon 9th November 2009, 4:21am
Malleus   [quote name='Andrew Dalby' post='203355' date='Sa...   Mon 9th November 2009, 4:43am
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   ... but apart from that it was OK? And, more to th...   Mon 9th November 2009, 3:13pm
Andrew Dalby   Now that I've gotten that out of the way .......   Mon 9th November 2009, 1:41pm
Andrew Dalby   There's quite a bit of spluttering in your bo...   Tue 10th November 2009, 1:47pm
the fieryangel   Tell me who you mean and I might tell you whether...   Sat 7th November 2009, 11:47pm
Andrew Dalby   I think that you're cutting way too much o...   Sun 8th November 2009, 2:35pm
the fieryangel   I think that you're cutting way too much ...   Sun 8th November 2009, 2:51pm
Andrew Dalby   You were the one who selected these two sentences...   Sun 8th November 2009, 3:32pm
the fieryangel   If you want more, Angel, you'll have to buy t...   Sun 8th November 2009, 3:41pm
Andrew Dalby   If Wikipedia Review is so boring, then what are yo...   Sun 8th November 2009, 4:03pm
the fieryangel   If Wikipedia Review is so boring, then what are y...   Sun 8th November 2009, 4:23pm
Milton Roe   There is a Taoist axiom: Think about Right and ...   Sun 8th November 2009, 6:20pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='Andrew Dalby' post='203512' date='Su...   Sun 8th November 2009, 6:51pm
Andrew Dalby   And I still don't know why you didn't nam...   Sun 8th November 2009, 7:21pm
Peter Damian   As Wikipedia undermines and destroys other source...   Sun 8th November 2009, 7:57pm
Andrew Dalby   [quote name='Andrew Dalby' post='203555' date='Su...   Sun 8th November 2009, 8:29pm
A Horse With No Name   Now you're talking! Evidence not just fro...   Sun 8th November 2009, 8:58pm
Andrew Dalby   [quote name='Andrew Dalby' post='203561' date='Su...   Sun 8th November 2009, 9:45pm
Somey   Wikipedia might be a reflection of the so-called ...   Sun 8th November 2009, 9:53pm
A Horse With No Name   Wikipedia might be a reflection of the so-called ...   Sun 8th November 2009, 10:46pm
Andrew Dalby   [quote name='Somey' post='203573' date='Sun 8th N...   Mon 9th November 2009, 1:52pm
A Horse With No Name   True, but -- up to now -- general book publishing...   Mon 9th November 2009, 2:01pm
SB_Johnny   Welcome to WR, sappho. This your book, perchance?   Mon 2nd November 2009, 5:58pm
sappho   Actually it's not my book; I just happened to ...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 10:39am
Cedric   Actually it's not my book; I just happened to...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 1:20pm
A Horse With No Name   Funny, Dalby only mentions Keeper76 for closing a...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 4:50pm
Limey   I'm rather skeptical of a book only held in ei...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 3:16pm
Cedric   Having now read Slim Shanky's full review, eve...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 4:31pm
Peter Damian   Having now read Slim Shanky's full review, ev...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 4:43pm
CharlotteWebb   [quote name='Cedric' post='202750' date='Tue 3rd ...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 5:07pm
Cedric   [quote name='Cedric' post='202750' date='Tue 3rd...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 6:43pm
carbuncle   Having now read Slim Shanky's full review, ev...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 7:13pm
Somey   It was subtle, but did I detect a hint of self-ser...   Tue 3rd November 2009, 8:49pm
thekohser   Shankbone needs a proofreader:   Tue 3rd November 2009, 4:39pm
sappho   I am rather sorry to have bothered you all - my in...   Wed 4th November 2009, 3:02pm
carbuncle   I am rather sorry to have bothered you all - my i...   Wed 4th November 2009, 3:35pm
Cedric   I am rather sorry to have bothered you all - my i...   Wed 4th November 2009, 6:25pm
A Horse With No Name   Smaller publishing houses run on rather thin margi...   Wed 4th November 2009, 7:16pm
Somey   So it's not a good idea to get an expert to wr...   Thu 5th November 2009, 11:04pm
Peter Damian   So it's not a good idea to get an expert to wr...   Fri 6th November 2009, 8:19am
Peter Damian   So it's not a good idea to get an expert to w...   Fri 6th November 2009, 1:11pm
gomi   here in the Tar Pit.]   Fri 6th November 2009, 6:53pm
EricBarbour   Once again: I have Dalby's book. It appears to...   Fri 6th November 2009, 7:44pm
Cedric   Once again: I have Dalby's book. It appears t...   Fri 6th November 2009, 8:20pm
Andrew Dalby   I thought I'd look in ... The fact that ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 4:33pm
the fieryangel   On this you're very wrong. I don't say th...   Sat 7th November 2009, 5:05pm
Cedric   I thought I'd look in ... [quote name='Cedri...   Sat 7th November 2009, 7:00pm
Andrew Dalby   You may want to call your publisher-- it would a...   Sat 7th November 2009, 7:50pm
Peter Damian   I'm puzzled too. I haven't yet explored t...   Sat 7th November 2009, 9:45pm
thekohser   On this you're very wrong. I don't say th...   Sat 7th November 2009, 10:03pm
Peter Damian   Hello Andrew. I am intrigued to learn that there ...   Sat 7th November 2009, 6:48pm
Jon Awbrey   As long as you're Reviewing The Situation, Mis...   Sat 7th November 2009, 7:36pm
Moulton   Wikipedia is such a corrupting influence on so man...   Sun 8th November 2009, 3:16pm
Jon Awbrey   [quote name='Jon Awbrey' post='203384' date='Sat ...   Sun 8th November 2009, 3:26pm
Andrew Dalby   [quote name='Andrew Dalby' post='203349' date='Sa...   Sun 8th November 2009, 3:18pm
Moulton   There is a Taoist axiom: Think about Right and Wr...   Sun 8th November 2009, 3:23pm
Jon Awbrey   Okay, I think I've read enough. Like a trew b...   Sun 8th November 2009, 10:22pm
EricBarbour   Yeah, sure. (urp)   Mon 9th November 2009, 10:12am
GlassBeadGame   I was curious just how this drivel got published. ...   Mon 9th November 2009, 2:13pm
thekohser   I was curious just how this drivel got published....   Mon 9th November 2009, 5:50pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='GlassBeadGame' post='203685' date='M...   Mon 9th November 2009, 6:07pm
A Horse With No Name   As someone who did book PR for many years, I am cu...   Mon 9th November 2009, 6:00pm
Somey   Now, c'mon guys, it hardly seems necessary to ...   Mon 9th November 2009, 6:16pm
GlassBeadGame   Now, c'mon guys, it hardly seems necessary to...   Mon 9th November 2009, 6:29pm
Andrew Dalby   If it is a legitimate publishing business, let him...   Tue 10th November 2009, 1:33pm
GlassBeadGame   If it is a legitimate publishing business, let hi...   Tue 10th November 2009, 2:15pm
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