[ih] ISOC wikipedia page

[Joly MacFie via Internet-history]

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
> >>
> >>
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