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Re: Wikipedia articles

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:55:59 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Much better. The biography section contains a number of mistakes; the
articles have very few footnote references; and the bibliographies ignore
everything not published in French. But otherwise it's above average. A
translation of it would be a great progress - but there is no easy way of
deleting the existing English-language articles, as far as I know.

 

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: 07 April 2009 00:06
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Re: Wikipedia articles

 

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 <mailto:wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>

To: 'Jules Verne Forum' <mailto:jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

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:

* scrap the existing biography page

* remove the American bias from the Verne pages

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

* 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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