Alison mentioned this guy on Facebook -- there is a petition demanding that he resign his seat on the Dail.

So I checked his Wiki article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Harris_(politician)
And sho'nuff he's been editing it himself.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... onHarrisTD
The account that created it has that funny smell too....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:C ... owpolitics

m That's the thing wealthy people are beginning to realize about websites--they're easier to censor than print media. They're stupid and wrong, but it doesn't stop them. Didn't stop Jimbo..... Speaking of censored websites: Whether you're wondering or not, Ricketts has a Wikipedia bio. Which shows s...

Discussing small fry distracts from exposing the big fish. Does this forum intend to chronicle the edits of every conflicted wikipedia editor ? That would obviously be impossible. And I would call Gorski a "big fish" because he's an administrator. Okay? This thread is mostly for dropping ...

You wanted me to coordinate sending you HTML file back-ups of WO blog posts. I'm not sure how many I can attach to an email. I know....might be easier to put them on a flash drive or SD card and mail it to me. My mailing address, as most people have realized by now, is on my company's website. ....

Wikipediacritics wrote:Swiss Papers: another scandal on Wikipedia
Published on 04/06/2016 by Nicolas

I wish that guy would write up the history of French Wikipedia for me.....

Eric Schlosser wrote Command and Control , a book and later documentary on the history of US nuclear weapons and the endless accidents that happened during the Cold War. I recently read this--highly recommended. The USAF did something incredibly stupid, they fielded the Titan II as an "interdi...

Hochman is a bullshit artist. And not an especially good one either.

Lol

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/03/that-v ... ally-fake/

The DM makes it up AND OTHER OUTLETS REPEAT IT. That is the problem--not that the DM is fast and loose.
Wikipedia is no better than its sources--and "good" sources are more difficult to find than Wikipedians seem to realize.

Thanks, I'm adding this to the book notes. Had not looked at her post-Director history very closely.

Flip Flopped wrote:Also, do you want the blog posts archived with archive dot is?

That would be helpful, although it might be better to save them as HTML files locally. PM me and we will hook up via email so you can forward copies.