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- LibriVox Admin Team
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oh man this guy is getting under my skin, I am mackinaw; the wikipedia admin is Mel_Etitis, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mackinaw
and:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mel_Etitis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mackinaw
and:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mel_Etitis
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But he seems to be defending us... now i'm really confused....hugh wrote:oh man this guy is getting under my skin, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mackinaw
anyway, White Fang is ready to be linked at Wikipedia:
http://librivox.org/white-fang-by-jack-london/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Fang
~ Betsie
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Multiple projects lead to multiple successes!
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I really don't get it.
Do any of you also edit Wikipedia along with Librivox?
I think they respond better to known members rather than IPs.
Do any of you also edit Wikipedia along with Librivox?
I think they respond better to known members rather than IPs.
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- LibriVox Admin Team
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ha ha!! I am mackinaw; Mel-Etitis is the admin with whom I am doing battle.
Mel_etis says: because volunteers are associated with the LV site, they are not permitted to post links to LV content on wikipedia. He has removed most LV links in wikipedia.
he says we must post links in the Talk section and let some "other" editor decide whether it is acceptable to post the links. This is driving me nutso.
Mel_etis says: because volunteers are associated with the LV site, they are not permitted to post links to LV content on wikipedia. He has removed most LV links in wikipedia.
he says we must post links in the Talk section and let some "other" editor decide whether it is acceptable to post the links. This is driving me nutso.
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This is just ridiculous. Is there some higher level admin we can appeal this to?
Annie Coleman Rothenberg
http://www.anniecoleman.com/
"I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice." ~Whitman
http://www.anniecoleman.com/
"I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice." ~Whitman
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That's awesome!
Annie Coleman Rothenberg
http://www.anniecoleman.com/
"I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice." ~Whitman
http://www.anniecoleman.com/
"I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice." ~Whitman
I agree. One over-zealous admin who didn't pay much attention. As far as I can tell he's the only one who has made any changes, and they were all to ones that were edited with my IP. Do a search on Wikipedia for Librivox, and you'll see four pages of results with links to Librivox audio recordings in Wikipedia pages.hugh wrote:this is just one over-zealous admin ... so i think it'll smooth itself out.
h.
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yes the argument is basically that it looks like linkspam (not logged in, many links to many pages all at once), and so it should be treated as such. anyway, the big kahuna promises to wade into the fray, so that should help.
let me know how this turns out -- I'm trying not to get involved for the sake of my health and sanity, but I can't help being curious ;-)
Kara
http://kayray.org/
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http://kayray.org/
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"Mary wished to say something very sensible into her Zoom H2 Handy Recorder, but knew not how." -- Jane Austen (& Kara)
I'm probably being too harsh, but he seems like a narrow headed idiot. It makes me think of people who feel that the letter of the law is the most important thing. Bah reading your argument with him frustrates me. I hope this works out in the end, because it would be stupid to deprive people visiting Wikipedia of this resource.hugh wrote:yes the argument is basically that it looks like linkspam (not logged in, many links to many pages all at once), and so it should be treated as such. anyway, the big kahuna promises to wade into the fray, so that should help.
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If for some reason we're not allowed to add our links to Wikipedia, will we remove our links TO Wikipedia from out Catalog pages?
~ Betsie
Multiple projects lead to multiple successes!
Multiple projects lead to multiple successes!
I would say yes, just to be vindictive but...I think we'd have to weigh the usefulness of the resource vs. any objection morally to their policies. I would say the objection is a moral/ethical one of spam vs. legitimate linking. I certainly wouldn't link to a site if I had enough of an ethical problem with the contents of the site. However, I don't know if such is the case now.thistlechick wrote:If for some reason we're not allowed to add our links to Wikipedia, will we remove our links TO Wikipedia from out Catalog pages?