User talk:Ed Poor

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Ethical Management of the English Language Wikipedia
Hi!

Glad you could join us. Would you like to add your name to our "human resources" section? Also, if you have a different version of where this project should go, there is a place on the main page of the project to note that also. Thanks for your contribution. But I am trying to get people to create "educational resources" instead of filling up talk pages. Could you move that contribution to Ethical Management of the English Language Wikipedia/Overview2? Thanks. WAS 4.250 13:21, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * As requsted, I copied it there. Should I erase it from the talk page? --Ed Poor 13:24, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm. Let's leave it there I guess. WAS 4.250 13:28, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

comments about your contribution
"I am unaware of any scholars or scientists who are leaders in their fields, writing under their own names for Wikipedia." Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture is an example. See its talk page. I agree with the rest. WAS 4.250 13:27, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

"The initial posting of this article was a collaborative venture by several IMTA researchers around the world. Contributors included: Reid GK, Chopin T, Robinson S, Neori A, Buschmann AH, Shpigel M, Rodger A, and Bolton J ReidGK 18:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)"

"Note: See the References section of this article to get an idea about who these guys are. (Those are last names and first initials.) WAS 4.250 15:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)"

WAS 4.250 13:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Okay, that's one out of a million. It's a start! =^_^= --Ed Poor 13:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

NPOV
Ed, your contributions to non-essay space need to be more NPOV worded. We do have an essay space, where you can list an essay topic, then write an essay on it. Others can edit it, but are asked to respect the point of view of the essay; unless it is outrageous enough that sources are demanded and can not be found; but Wikiversity allows original research so the sourcing requirement is very lax. Your opinions about Wikipedia seem well within what is allowed in essay space as near as I can tell. But comments about global warming will be deleted outside essay space. Don't bring that fight here. (except perhaps in essay space) OK? - WAS 4.250 13:59, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

An example of NPOV wording might be to note that we are left of Conservopedia rather than claim Wikipedia is left or leftist. WAS 4.250 14:01, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Feel free to remove any bias you see in my writings. --Ed Poor 14:04, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I just breathed a sigh of relief. I can see you are not here to continue a battle, but here to help. Wonderful. The fact that everyone in this group is so different can be a great asset. Welcome aboard again. WAS 4.250 14:16, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Ed!
I guess for the early history stuff I had more of an "interview" thing in mind, which would then be a source we could work from. I'm going to try and track down a few other "early adopters" from WP as well... not just for the Ethics project, but we have for years now wanted to do a "history of wikipedia" book on Wikibooks, and stories from folks like you would be an excellent way to start. Wikiversity seems to be the best place to conduct the research and line up materials (ideally, I'd like to see a lot of learning resources on Wikiversity that either gather material to create wikibooks, and/or use Wikibooks for their primary "class texts").

A semi related question: how would you compare Wikiversity's way of doing things now compared to Wikipedia's early on? We so far have few policies and a lot of sysops, and most if not all of the "native Wikiversitans" are rather dedicated idealists. --SB_Johnny | talk 14:34, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I haven't been here long enough to tell. Maybe I should do an RFA ... --Ed Poor 14:50, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Heh, well, we don't really do RFAs here: see WV:RFC. If you want the tools, you're welcome to them (I'll happily "mentor" you, though I suspect I'll have much more to learn from you then the other way around)... just don't expect a lot of excitement, our ratio of custodians to active users is far closer to even than WP ever was, and we really don't do much because we've tried to design thing to be unattractive to attention-seeking troublemakers. --SB_Johnny | talk 15:05, 19 July 2008 (UTC)