[ih] ISOC wikipedia page

[Bill Woodcock via Internet-history]

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?
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> el
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>> 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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