Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam, being readied for "speedy deletion"

[Denise Tennen]

Shanna

Thanks for this very useful insight into the wikipedia process.

Denise
On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:42 PM, shanna leonard wrote:

> Though I am new to openspace, I have been a contributor to  
> wikipedia on and off for a while.
>
> Wikipedia organization is in someways similar to what I understand  
> of Open space, IE, decisions are made by those who show up and do  
> it. Though some hierarchy is established based on how frequently  
> you contribute and demonstrate knowledge, decisions to delete and  
> entitre page are largely made after discussion in the "talk" page  
> section.  I don't see a discussion like this on the OST page, so I  
> don't believe that the page will be deleted any time soon.
>
> Editing of pages is ad-hoc, and is usually not organized in  
> advance. IE, a wikipedia page is a continuing process.
>
> If anyone wants to make a correction or addition to the openspace  
> page on wikipedia, Just Do It ;) (by clicking on the edit link,  
> editing, and saving)  . Understand that your improvement may be  
> later "improved" by someone else, and  if you disagree with the  
> change, you can  change their change, and/ or discuss on the "talk"  
> page.
> Since a history is attached to every page. (click on history tab of  
> a page to see it), and all revisions are saved, previous versions  
> can be retrieved.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Suzanne Daigle wrote:
>> Dirk, following a posting I put out a few weeks ago, a small group  
>> of OS folks volunteered on the edit of the Wikipedia posting. Have  
>> not mobilized yet due to scheduling conflicts but very soon.  
>> Hopefully we won't get deleted in the next day or two. Larry  
>> Peterson and others referenced excellent third-party sources also  
>> Harrison, Michael Hermann. Do you want to join? Or does someone  
>> one want to jump in right away? I'm fairly new to OS but my  
>> heart's in it.  Hopefully not too late.
>> Suzanne
>>
>>  ------Original Message------
>> From: Dirk Riehle
>> Sender: OSLIST
>> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>> ReplyTo: OSLIST
>> Subject: Open Space Tech article on Wikipedia marked as spam,  
>> being readied for "speedy deletion"
>> Sent: Nov 29, 2009 1:42 PM
>>
>> Subject line says it all, article is here:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>>
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