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Re: Wikipedia articles

From: <1001~at~atlanticbb.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:05:39 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Is the French Wikipedia any better? they have different authors for French Wikipedia. Maybe we could just translate their articles??
german might also be a possibilitiy. I found the Gernan Wikipedia very helpful on the Moon Maps.
nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: wbutcher
  To: 'Jules Verne Forum'
  Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 8:52 PM
  Subject: Re: Wikipedia articles


  It reminds me of the Irish joke: if you were going there, I certainly wouldn't start from here! While Wikipedia is in general a wonderful resource, the Verne section is hopeless. What would need doing, as a minimum, is the following:

  Ø scrap the existing biography page

  Ø remove the American bias from the Verne pages

  Ø take account of the research of the past 40 years, mostly not in English

  Ø avoid repeating half-truths, myths, inventions and stereotypes.

   

  While I wish you luck, I'm not optimistic substantial change can be made.

   

  Bill

  http://home.netvigator.com/~wbutcher/

  1A, Kai Kuk Shue Ha, Luk Keng, NT, HONG KONG

   


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  From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of 1001~at~atlanticbb.net
  Sent: 05 April 2009 23:15
  To: Jules Verne Forum
  Subject: Wikipedia articles

   

  While my computer is bust I have been trying to update some Wikipedia articles. The ones I have been workiing on are Earth to the Moon, Around the Moon, Mysterious Island, Lewis Mercier, Stephen White, W.H.G. Kingston. I have not tried to rewrite everything and some of the articles have grown too long with additional material added in, The wikipedia beagles keep deleting new stuff too so it is an ongoiing process. Also old links disappear and need to be replaced. Let me know if there is anything in particular you think needs to be changed in any of the Wikipedia articles and I will do my best.

   

  nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu On the Miles in St. Michaels MD

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