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Had a similar experience with an organization I cofounded. An editor claimed it had to be bogus, that there was no way Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, NASA, and the
by jsjohnst 9y ago
Had a similar experience with an organization I cofounded. An editor claimed it had to be bogus, that there was no way Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, NASA, and the Worldbank would ever all coloborate on a social good project. Eventually we prevailed, but the article had to be insanely over cited to the point I feel it’s hard to read now and after the experience I’ve not felt it was worth it to encourage folks to maintain it.
- mseebach 9y agoI mean this in the politest possible way, I have no reason not to believe you, but all of your examples, GGP and down, would benefit immensely from a link to the contested revisions.
- jsjohnst 9y ago> but all of your examples, GGP and down, would benefit immensely from a link to the contested revisions. I apologize, but I’m a little unclear on what you’re asking for. Let me know and I’m happy to provide.
- saghm 9y agoI think they just mean to post a link that points to the change you tried to make (and the subsequent ones). I think Wikipedia keeps a record of all the changes?
- jsjohnst 9y ago> I think Wikipedia keeps a record of all the changes? Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be the case, specifically with talk pages where the history of the discussion with the editor who deemed it a “hoax” was, but you can see some remnants of it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Random_Hacks_of_Kindness&offset=20101206193426&action=history https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Random_Hacks_of_K... I wasn’t the one who made the edits to the page itself, but I was involved in collecting the links to prove it wasn’t a “hoax” and helping make the case to the editor who refused to believe it was true.