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Joe Zhang
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| Posted: 07 June 2005 at 8:39pm | IP Logged | 1
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Guys, anybody want to join me in the editing of the John Byrne entry in
Wikipedia. As it is now, the article is essentially a collection of fan
misconceptions about events behind Byrne's work. I've tried to get
these tossed out arguing that it obscures any discussion about what's
really important - JB's comics - but the Wikipedia admins wouldn't have
that. I need help getting the article accurate and neutral , overcoming
the prejudices of the current author.
The rough draft article can be found here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byrne/Temp
The discussion page is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:John_Byrne/Temp
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Todd Hembrough
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| Posted: 07 June 2005 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | 2
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This is similar to something we deal with in science.
Since each of us has an area where were are really experts, you can
judge the quality of a journal or even a magazine like Scientific
American, based on how they handle a topic with which you are
completely familiar. If the Journal butchers something you know
very very well, then you can pretty much write off teh bulk of the
other stuff in the journal.
I am afraid that the same could be true for Wiki-pedia based solely on the hatchet job they do on JB.
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Wayne Osborne
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| Posted: 07 June 2005 at 9:49pm | IP Logged | 3
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This is the first time I've looked at Wikipedia - and it just might be
the last. How is an encyclopedia that is based on a consenus of
opinion valid? Is that how it works? Somebody writes what they
think about a topic as "fact", someone edits it with their version of
the "facts" and this process continues until a truce is reached or
everyone just gets too damn tired to write anymore? What the hell is
that about? Verifiable facts are just optional? That's just stupid.
I would like to help but I couldn't really make heads or tails of the
talk page. And Joe, you really don't help your cause much by using
an alias. An encyclopedia composed by people using fake
identities....what a comforting thought. The internet has reached its
nirvana.
WO
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Mike O'Brien
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In fact, the more I look at that page, the madder I get.
Anyone with half a brain understands that the crap being passed off on the internet is the insane ramblings of the socially retarded, but considering that the title of the page has "-pedia" in it lends to the idea that it's somehow, in some distant way, related to an encyclopedia, and thus, correct, and to have lies and potentially career harming slander like that in there should constitute, at the least, a cease-and-desist, if not JAIL TIME for the scumbags who refuse to remove it.
I know we have some lawyer on the board - what can we do to get this site shut down RIGHT NOW?
I'm furious. I'm so sick of this god-damned crap. What the hell is the matter with these fricking scumbags that they can waste their whole lives slandering a guy who makes juvinile fiction???
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Jason Kirk
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| Posted: 07 June 2005 at 10:08pm | IP Logged | 5
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Don't be so quick to throw out the baby with the bathwater guys.
Wikipedia is huge overlapping community of thousands of smaller
interest
groups, so are we really surprised that the comicbook group is
behaving as we'd expect any other online group of comicbook fans. It
doesn't mean that the rest of the project is anywhere near as insular
or negative. And quite frankly the discussion section is often one of
its strengths - you can often find more insight from what people object
to in an article than you can from the raw facts themselves.
So don't boycott the project just because of the JB page either just boycott the JB page or join Joe and make it work!
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Ken Colon
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| Posted: 08 June 2005 at 12:58am | IP Logged | 6
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Wow. I read the article and came away thinking JB spends a lot of time frustrated. The language is so obviously negative. I can picture the person rubbing their hands together saying "I'll get you Mr.Byrne!!" while sitting in their parents basement.
It seems sad that the Admins of that site would even accept such an obvious attack.
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Jason Czeskleba
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I quickly read over the article, and it just doesn't strike me as the
vicious attack some of you are viewing it as. I don't get the
impression the writer is out to "get" JB, or has a black and white
"Byrne is evil" attitude. It does seem like he is overly invested
in the idea that JB is "controversial" and tries too hard to portray
that side of things, but it does not read like an out and out hatchet
job to me.
The main problem I see with it is too many instances of using phrases like "some fans felt
that..." or "there was fan criticism of..." etc. Comments about the
supposed opinions of anonymous "some fans" are worthless, as you could
find "some fans" to bolster any opinion out there. That kind of
stuff is really just veiled editorializing and doesn't belong there.
But Mike (or anyone else) what do you see in that article that is a lie
or slanderous? (well, actually it would be libelous in this
case). Are there gross inaccuracies in there I am missing?
Edited by Jason Czeskleba on 08 June 2005 at 1:19am
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John Byrne
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Anyone can "edit" a Wikipedia entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer
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Darren Taylor
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| Posted: 08 June 2005 at 4:29am | IP Logged | 9
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[QUOTE=John Byrne]Anyone can "edit" a Wikipedia entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer[/Q UOTE]
Yeah I notcied that also! I'm assuming this "Edit" isn't a "live" edit but soley for the individual when they visit?
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Joe Zhang
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| Posted: 08 June 2005 at 7:26am | IP Logged | 10
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Jason Czeskleba wrote:
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I quickly read over the article, and it just doesn't strike me as the
vicious attack some of you are viewing it as.
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I don't think so either.
Jason Czeskleba wrote:
I don't get the
impression the writer is out to "get" JB, or has a black and white
"Byrne is evil" attitude. It does seem like he is overly invested
in the idea that JB is "controversial" and tries too hard to portray
that side of things, but it does not read like an out and out hatchet
job to me.
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Yes, but that can be even more harmful than a hatchet job. It's
editorialization presented as objective truth. Byrne left this and
Byrne quit that - it paints a picture of a prima donna who is notable
for everything else but his work.
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Guest79877180
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| Posted: 08 June 2005 at 7:36am | IP Logged | 11
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Mike O'Brien wrote:
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Man, I love when you get riled up. Another great Mike O'Brien quote.
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Guest79877180
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| Posted: 08 June 2005 at 7:37am | IP Logged | 12
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Ken Colon wrote:
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At the age of 45...
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