Comments on: Geoblogosphere Call to Arms: The Wikipedia Mantle Page

By: Should geoscientists spend time making Wikipedia articles better? « Clastic Detritus

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:54:10 +0000

[...] over at goodSchist.com recently sent out a call-to-arms to geoscience bloggers to make the Wikipedia article on the mantle better. As I commented on his post, while I applaud the [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:10:40 +0000

Note to EEdiots: if you think I’m going to give you an audience here for your pointless, stupid comments, you are sorely mistaken.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:17:57 +0000

The Twitter tweets are automatically imported and will make much more sense with the new theme I’ll be launching in the next couple of days.

By: Silver Fox

Silver Fox — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:14:36 +0000

Did you import the twitter tweets by hand, or was that automatic somehow?

By: BrianR

BrianR — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:37:30 +0000

Chris, I like your optimism … the turbidite page on Wikipedia is crap … I’ve thought about doing something about it … maybe

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:10:49 +0000

It’s a small cost of eternal vigilance. Since posting this article, the Mantle page on Wikipedia has had several changes made, including a clean up of the temperature section. Much to the dismay of one editor who thinks the removal of thos whacky claims amounts to a violation of the Wikimedia’s neutral point of view.

All we need is a few geos to adopt an important page each. With overlap everywhere, we can keep tabs on changes and ensure the information is as accurate as possible.

I see hope. You just need there to be a few geologists, like me, who can get angry enough to push back with enough force to keep things honest.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:45:40 +0000

I applaud your call-to-arms, but I don’t see any hope for science in Wikipedia … the ‘review’ process is a joke. Articles can always be changed back by any irrational zealot looking for a platform.

Actual scientists simply do not have the time to play the games w/ the science punditry.

By: sfoxx (Sandra Powers)

sfoxx (Sandra Powers) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:35:00 +0000

Need geo help! RT @Yorrike http://is.gd/o6Bt My blog post on a geoblogosphere call to arms on the state of the Wikipedia mantle entry.

By: Yorrike (Yorrike)

Yorrike (Yorrike) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:19:34 +0000

http://is.gd/o6Bt My blog post on a geoblogosphere call to arms on the state of the Wikipedia mantle entry.