[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society / Wikipedia Page update

[Klaus Birkenbihl]

It was a rather simple question by Olivier that started the
discussion.

> does anybody from ISOC staff check & updates Wikipedia pages?

And to be fair I thought it was just a ping for our
communications staff to carefully apply some corrections.
This is what Khaled would expect, this is what members
would expect, this is what the world would expect. Like
it or not - as long as Wikipedia is the first point
of information on any subject for many it deserves some
attention. That Wikipedia is not free of errors and
conflicts is no reason for us to ignore it.

But obviously it _only_ started another big chapters
discussion thread instead. As it was before with "INET2012
planning" and our "new Website quality" that has not
improved since 5 months now. Would it be fair to assume
that ISOC has a problem managing its communications
(with members and the world)?

Klaus

President ISOC-KH wrote on 2012-04-06 04:56:
> There are at present different opinions ? apply Wiki general editing
> rules or not? I think it is most important to consider some fundamentals:
> 
> The Wiki has information related to ISOC as a whole (including the
> list saying which Chapters exist, supposedly not updated at present),
> and it has access to specific information on Chapters.
> 
> I consider it to be surprising that a publicly accessible Wiki on ISOC
> exists and there is no immediate clarification from staff saying who
> (at ISOC Global) is responsible to make sure that this information is
> correct. I would appreciate to receive, on this list, such
> clarification to be given soonest - as the Wiki is pubic - stating who
> is responsible for what, related to this Wiki.
> 
> As long as there is no clarity who is responsible to make sure that
> the list of Chapters is correct, it is also not enough to say that the
> Chapters are responsible to edit their related content.
> 
> Is a Wiki ? with wide open editing rights - really appropriate to
> carry important information about ISCO Global and ISOC Chapters?
> 
> But maybe a different kind of Wiki is important, as a public forum on
> ISOC affairs - with links to authoritative institutional information?
> 
> The new ISOC website has more information than I can research quickly
> to find out if there is also an address like ?ISOC in a nutshell?
> (easily accessible from the main page) which would give some really
> brief and basic information about ISOC Global, and a list where all
> Chapter website links can be accessed by one mouse click.
> 
> Norbert
> ISOC Cambodia Chapter
> 
> =
> 
> On 4/6/2012 6:50 AM, Khaled KOUBAA wrote:
>> I probably have different view than some of you.
>> It is true that Wikipedia is based on the open process to users to
>> edit content about any subject they want to and there is volunteers
>> around the world that are taking of some corrections or updating
>> But some famous personalities or organization take care about their
>> wikipedia page by dedicated PR/Comm staff that will ensure that
>> information on the page are correct because they know that wikipedia
>> come along the first search result in the online search.
>> So I think it is probably important for the comm ISOC staff to take
>> care of it
>>
>> Khaled
>>
>> Le 03/04/2012 02:53, Veni Markovski a écrit :
>>> Actually it would be perfectly fine if you edit it. No need to
>>> refer it to Isoc staff to edit it, which also would be inappropriate.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hey there,
>>>
>>>     does anybody from ISOC staff check & updates Wikipedia pages?
>>>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Society  is in need of a
>>> refresh.
>>>
>>>     Kind regards,
>>>
>>>     Olivier
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
>>>     http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
> 

-- 
Klaus Birkenbihl
Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (ISOC.DE)
c/o ict-Media GmbH
http://www.isoc.de/
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