+1. With a :( sign. <span></span><br><br>On Friday, April 6, 2012, Klaus Birkenbihl wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It was a rather simple question by Olivier that started the<br>
discussion.<br>
<br>
> does anybody from ISOC staff check & updates Wikipedia pages?<br>
<br>
And to be fair I thought it was just a ping for our<br>
communications staff to carefully apply some corrections.<br>
This is what Khaled would expect, this is what members<br>
would expect, this is what the world would expect. Like<br>
it or not - as long as Wikipedia is the first point<br>
of information on any subject for many it deserves some<br>
attention. That Wikipedia is not free of errors and<br>
conflicts is no reason for us to ignore it.<br>
<br>
But obviously it _only_ started another big chapters<br>
discussion thread instead. As it was before with "INET2012<br>
planning" and our "new Website quality" that has not<br>
improved since 5 months now. Would it be fair to assume<br>
that ISOC has a problem managing its communications<br>
(with members and the world)?<br>
<br>
Klaus<br>
<br>
President ISOC-KH wrote on 2012-04-06 04:56:<br>
> There are at present different opinions ? apply Wiki general editing<br>
> rules or not? I think it is most important to consider some fundamentals:<br>
><br>
> The Wiki has information related to ISOC as a whole (including the<br>
> list saying which Chapters exist, supposedly not updated at present),<br>
> and it has access to specific information on Chapters.<br>
><br>
> I consider it to be surprising that a publicly accessible Wiki on ISOC<br>
> exists and there is no immediate clarification from staff saying who<br>
> (at ISOC Global) is responsible to make sure that this information is<br>
> correct. I would appreciate to receive, on this list, such<br>
> clarification to be given soonest - as the Wiki is pubic - stating who<br>
> is responsible for what, related to this Wiki.<br>
><br>
> As long as there is no clarity who is responsible to make sure that<br>
> the list of Chapters is correct, it is also not enough to say that the<br>
> Chapters are responsible to edit their related content.<br>
><br>
> Is a Wiki ? with wide open editing rights - really appropriate to<br>
> carry important information about ISCO Global and ISOC Chapters?<br>
><br>
> But maybe a different kind of Wiki is important, as a public forum on<br>
> ISOC affairs - with links to authoritative institutional information?<br>
><br>
> The new ISOC website has more information than I can research quickly<br>
> to find out if there is also an address like ?ISOC in a nutshell?<br>
> (easily accessible from the main page) which would give some really<br>
> brief and basic information about ISOC Global, and a list where all<br>
> Chapter website links can be accessed by one mouse click.<br>
><br>
> Norbert<br>
> ISOC Cambodia Chapter<br>
><br>
> =<br>
><br>
> On 4/6/2012 6:50 AM, Khaled KOUBAA wrote:<br>
>> I probably have different view than some of you.<br>
>> It is true that Wikipedia is based on the open process to users to<br>
>> edit content about any subject they want to and there is volunteers<br>
>> around the world that are taking of some corrections or updating<br>
>> But some famous personalities or organization take care about their<br>
>> wikipedia page by dedicated PR/Comm staff that will ensure that<br>
>> information on the page are correct because they know that wikipedia<br>
>> come along the first search result in the online search.<br>
>> So I think it is probably important for the comm ISOC staff to take<br>
>> care of it<br>
>><br>
>> Khaled<br>
>><br>
>> Le 03/04/2012 02:53, Veni Markovski a écrit :<br>
>>> Actually it would be perfectly fine if you edit it. No need to<br>
>>> refer it to Isoc staff to edit it, which also would be inappropriate.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hey there,<br>
>>><br>
>>> does anybody from ISOC staff check & updates Wikipedia pages?<br>
>>> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Society" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Society</a> is in need of a<br>
>>> refresh.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Kind regards,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Olivier<br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.gih.com/ocl.html" target="_blank">http://www.gih.com/ocl.html</a><br>
><br>
<br>
--<br>
Klaus Birkenbihl<br>
Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (<a href="http://ISOC.DE" target="_blank">ISOC.DE</a>)<br>
c/o ict-Media GmbH<br>
<a href="http://www.isoc.de/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.de/</a><br>
</blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Best,<br>Veni<p>== Sent from my phone, so any spelling mistakes are caused by the touchscreen keyboard. That's a nice excuse, isn't it;-)<br></p>