[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society / Wikipedia Page update

[Veni Markovski]

+1. With a :( sign.

On Friday, April 6, 2012, Klaus Birkenbihl wrote:

> 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/
>


-- 
Best,
Veni

== Sent from my phone, so any spelling mistakes are caused by the
touchscreen keyboard. That's a nice excuse, isn't it;-)
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