[ih] ISOC wikipedia page

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse via Internet-history]

In my view not.

And most certainly not in the sense of this mailing list.

And, in any case, this is not history, but SJW, for which
there are sufficient other fora.

el

On 2019-12-22 12:29 , Joly MacFie wrote:
> Is ISOC's history not part of Internet History?
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 5:18 AM Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> Indeed, I see no connection with IH.  Is the problematic portion the
>> paragraph beginning “This sale to private equity was concerning to civil
>> society...”?  I agree that that’s a bit muddled.
>>
>>                 -Bill
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 22, 2019, at 10:35, el--- via Internet-history <
>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> What does this have to do with IH?
>>>
>>> el
>>>
>>> —
>>> Sent from Dr Lisse’s iPad Mini 5
>>>> On 22. Dec 2019, 09:54 +0200, Joly MacFie via Internet-history <
>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org>, wrote:
>>>> .ISOC is a little controversial right now, because of the PIR sale. One
>> of
>>>> the more vocal opponents joined Wikipedia just to rewrite ISOC article
>>>> according to his POV. This can be seen on the *current version*
>>>> <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internet_Society&oldid=931900997
>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> So, I tried to improve things by rewriting the page as a *very basic
>>>> history*
>>>> <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internet_Society&oldid=931027723
>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> There followed an edit war, from which I had to withdraw with an
>> admitted
>>>> COI. I have now issued an *RFC*
>>>> <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Internet_Society#RfC_on_proposed_base_version_of_this_article
>> .>
>>>> on
>>>> which is a better version, the current, or my rewrite? However, it's
>>>> suffering from a lack of responses. If you're a wikipedia editor, please
>>>> feel free to to go there and comment, or even edit the article yourself.
>>>>
>>>> But, more to the purpose of this list, if you know of some good
>> secondary
>>>> sources, (i.e. not posted on ISOC's website) that cover ISOC's history,
>>>> please mention them.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Joly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -
>>>> --
>>>> Internet-history mailing list
>>>> Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
>>>> https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
>>> --
>>> Internet-history mailing list
>>> Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
>>> https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
>> --
>> Internet-history mailing list
>> Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
>> https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history
>>
> 
> 

-- 
Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse          / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar)
el at lisse.NA            / *     |   Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)
PO Box 8421                  /
Bachbrecht, Namibia     ;____/
-- 
Internet-history mailing list
Internet-history at elists.isoc.org
https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history